Podcast appearances and mentions of Kevin Nowlan

June 2025 Solicitations Interview with Jimmy Palmiotti Episode 500 Shenanigans Comic Reviews: DC Absolute Flash 1 by Jeff Lemire, Nick Robles, Adriano Lucas DC x Sonic the Hedgehog 1 by Ian Flynn, Adam Bryce Thomas, Matt Herms Marvel Marvel Unlimited It's Jeff 43 by Kelly Thompson, Gurihiru Boom Last Boy 1 by Dan Panosian, Alessio Avallone, Valentina Pinto, Agnese Pozza, Rik Mack Mouse Guard: Dawn of the Black Axe 1 by David Petersen, Gabriel Rodriguez Dark Horse Who Are the Power Pals? 1 by Duane Murray, Ahmed Raafat Dynamite Red Sonja Attacks Mars 1 by Jay Stephens, Fran Strukan ThunderCats Lost 1 by Ed Brisson, Rapha Lobosco, Roshan Kurichiyanil IDW My Little Pony: Case of the Missing Puff 1 by Megan Brown, Natalie Haines Image Adventureman: Family Tree 1 by Matt Fraction, Terry Dodson, Rachel Dodson Dreamweaver: Giant-Syze Special 1 by Chris Ryall, Nelson Daniel Mad Cave Crush Depth 1 by David Andry, Tim Daniel, Alex Sanchez, Kurt Michael Russell Oni Out of Alcatraz 1 by Christopher Cantwell, Tyler Crook OGN Countdown Tedward by Josh Pettinger I Witnessed: The Lizzie Borden Story by Jeramey Kraatz, Crystal Jayme Littlest Fighter by Joey Weiser L.A. Strong Additional Reviews: Man on the Inside s1 The Last Airbender movie Snow White Daredevil ep4 News: Omninews, The Beauty returns, FF relaunch by North and Ramos, Aaron returns to Thor… vs. Godzilla, Coco 2 and Encanto 2 in development, Power Rangers reboot at Disney+, Slott leaving Spider-Boy Trailers: Elio, Gaslight District, Andor Comics Countdown (19 March 2025): Deviant 9 by James Tynion IV, Josh Hixson Absolute Batman 6 by Scott Snyder, Nick Dragotta, Frank Martin Mouse Guard: Dawn of the Black Axe 1 by David Petersen, Gabriel Rodriguez Absolute Flash 1 by Jeff Lemire, Nick Robles, Adriano Lucas Bug Wars 2 by Jason Aaron, Mahmud Asrar, Matt Wilson New Gods 4 by Ram V, Bernard Chang, Evan Cagle, Francesco Segala Superman: Last Days of Lex Luthor 2 by Mark Waid, Bryan Hitch, Kevin Nowlan, David Baron Welcome to the Maynard 4 by James Robinson, J. Bone, Ian Herring Zatanna 2 by Jamal Campbell Archie is Mr. Justice 3 by Kenny Porter, Maria Laura Sanapo, Glenn Whitmore

THE FOLLOWING RESTRICTED PODCAST HAS BEEN APPROVED FORAPPROPRIATE AUDIENCESBY THE COMIC BOOK ADAPTATION ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, INC.Rated R for sci-fi violence, bloody images, language and some sexuality/nudity.Crew Log: Billy Hynes Aliens: Havoc #1 by Mark Schultz & Kent Williams 00:00:17 & Leif Jones & Duncan Fegredo & D'Israeli 00:07:27 & John Totleben & Arthur Adams 00:15:38 & Gary Gianni & Geof Darrow 00:19:32 & George Pratt & Igor Kordej & Paul Lee 00:20:45 & John K. Snyder III & Mark A. Nelson & Peter Bagge 00:23:35 & Brian Horton & Dave Taylor & Kelley Jones 00:27:27 & Guy Davis & Kellie Strom & Jay Stephens 00:28:39 & Jerry Bingham & Kevin Nowlan 00:33:48 Aliens: Havoc #2 by Mark Schultz & Frank Teran 00:36:49 & Joel Naprstek & Travis Charest & P. Craig Russell 00:38:40 & Adrian Potts & Sean Phillips & Rebecca Guay 00:43:30 & Jon J. Muth & Kilian Plunkett & Ron Randall 00:48:13 & John Pound & Gene Ha & Vania Zarouliov 00:51:22 & Sergio Aragonés & John Paul Leon & Derek Thompson 00:57:35 & David Lloyd & Moebius 01:03:20 & Dave Cooper & Mike Allred & Tony Millionaire 01:04:13 MU/TH/UR 3900 01:12:06 episode art gallery blog post 20th Century Fox, Aliens (1986), Aliens Podcast, Comic Books, Dark Horse Comics, Dark Horse Presents,

THE FOLLOWING RESTRICTED PODCAST HAS BEEN APPROVED FORAPPROPRIATE AUDIENCESBY THE COMIC BOOK ADAPTATION ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, INC.Rated R for sci-fi violence, bloody images, language and some sexuality/nudity.Crew Log: Billy Hynes Dark Horse Insider Vol. 2, #41: Dan Jurgens 00:04:29 Superman vs. Aliens #1-3 by Dan Jurgens & Kevin Nowlan 00:11:27 Superman / Aliens 2: God War #1-4 by Chuck Dixon, Jon Bogdanove & Kevin Nowlan 00:41:39 MU/TH/UR 3300 01:17:58 episode art gallery 2018 Terrificon Aliens Kara Supergirl by Kevin Nowlan blog post 20th Century Fox, Aliens (1986), Aliens Podcast, Comic Books, Dark Horse Comics, Dark Horse Presents, DC Comics, New Gods, Fourth World, Supergirl, Superman,

Time for one of your special lessons! The bookclub is back this month to celebrate spooky times with an episode that is packed to the brim! Enjoy a brief chat with Kevin Nowlan, a big ol' listener feedback section, our Halloween watch list and our discussion of "Castle Full of Blackbirds!" Bookclub member, you are a very special bookclub member...yes, very special... Thank you Billy Hynes for the intro!  10:33 - A Brief Chat with Kevin Nowlan 26:59 - Listener Feedback 1:02:11 - Whaddya See, Whaddya Say? 1:12:26 - Castle Full of Blackbirds Thank you Kevin Nowlan and Bedrock City Comics! Follow Kevin Nowlan! https://twitter.com/kevinnowlan?lang=en, https://www.instagram.com/kevin.nowlan/?hl=en Bedrock City Live shows every Wednesday! https://www.facebook.com/groups/bedrocklive  Check out Billy Hynes on Comic Art Fans! https://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryDetail.asp?GCat=93411 Check out Ryan Uhl on Comic Art Fans! https://www.comicartfans.com/gallerydetail.asp?gcat=105569 Julian Xamo Hellboy Reading Order!  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1g_6LwKE4T73xoIKnCj0X3d_b1aDRnzdLNun8gDqXOPs/edit#gid=0  Right Hand of Doom Book Club on Dischord!  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1L4cLFgka8u75rRb3bIohWaBHlET5Fgs5YFjA_F0i_is/edit  Check out Hayden Orr at Last Book on The Shelf podcast!  https://www.buzzsprout.com/1917765  https://open.spotify.com/show/2LWwFOS47xNUmQA8S2NNmK  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/last-book-on-the-shelf/id1604416407  Gosh Comics https://goshlondon.com/ Follow Mathieu Bablet! https://www.instagram.com/mathieubablet/ Follow Zach Howard! https://www.instagram.com/spacefriend_z/?hl=en, https://www.zachhoward.com/ Check out Project Monarch by Michael Oeming! https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/731023/project-monarch-by-written-and-illustrated-by-michael-avon-oeming/ Wylie Beckert on Patreon and YouTube! https://www.patreon.com/wyliebeckert, https://www.youtube.com/c/wyliebeckert Check out and like Ross Radke's Webtoon "SpandEX"  https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/spandex/list?title_no=785312  Agent Provocateur "Red Tape," used for educational purposes only.   Bach "Toccata and Fugue in D Minor," used for spooky purposes only opening and closing theme by https://onlybeast.com/ 

Comic Reviews: DC Batman Beyond: Neo-Gothic 1 by Jackson Lanzing, Collin Kelly, Max Dunbar, Sebastian Cheng Knight Terrors 2 by Joshua Williamson, Giuseppe Camuncoli, Stefano Nesi, Caspar Wijngaard, Frank Martin Knight Terrors: Action Comics 1 by Leah Williams, Vasco Georgiev, Alex Guimaraes, Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Mico Suayan, Romulo Fajardo Jr. Knight Terrors: Angel Breaker 1 by Tim Seeley, Acky Bright, Brian Reber Knight Terrors: Detective Comics 1 by Dan Watters, Riccardo Federici, Brad Anderson Knight Terrors: Harley Quinn 1 by Tini Howard, Hayden Sherman, Triona Farrell Knight Terrors: Titans 1 by Andrew Constant, Scott Godlewski, Ryan Cody Poison Ivy Uncovered Superman: The Last Days of Lex Luthor 1 by Mark Waid, Bryan Hitch, Kevin Nowlan, David Baron Marvel What If…? Dark – Spider-Gwen 1 by Gerry Conway, Jody Houser, Ramon Bachs, Dee Cunniffe Star Wars: Darth Vader – Black, White and Red X-Men: Hellfire Gala 2023 by Jonathan Hickman, Gerry Duggan, Adam Kubert, R.B. Silva, Matteo Lolli, Javier Pina, Valerio Schiti, Kris Anka, Pepe Larraz, Russell Dauterman, Luciano Vecchio, Joshua Cassara, Rain Beredo, Matt Wilson, Marte Gracia, Erick Arciniega, Ceci de la Cruz Marvel Unlimited Marvel Meow by Nao Fuji Image Purr Evil 1 by Mirka Andolfo, Laura Braga Dynamite Godzilla: Monsters and Protectors – Summer Smash by Erik Burnham, Dan Schoening, Luis Antonio Delgado Boom Alice Never After 1 by Dan Panosian, Giorgio Spalletta BRZRKR: Poetry of Madness by Steve Skroce, Keanu Reeves, Dave Stewart AWA Ribbon Queen 1 by Garth Ennis, Jacen Burrows, Guillermo Ortego, Dan Brown Scout Quarry 1 by Mike Salisbury, Marvin Luna ComiXology Wraith and Cat by Henry Paul Perlowski OGNs Sofia: Red Chair Beach by Davide Tosello Scrooge McDuck: The Dragon of Glasgow by Joris Chamblain, Fabrizio Petrossi Misfit Mansion by Kay Davault Additional Reviews: Clone Wars s1, Invincible/Atom Eve bonus episode, Barbie, Haunted Mansion, Dragon Prince s5, Stranger Things s4, Secret Invasion finale, Miraculous Lady Bug, My Adventures With Superman News: Spider-Man 4 in development, Donald Glover show-running and writing Lando series, new Tom King/Peter Gross book from Boom, Sony delays everything, Loki s2 on Oct 6 Trailers: Strange Planet, Loki s2, Nandor Fordor and the Talking Mongoose Comics Countdown (25 Jul 2023): 1.      Bone Orchard Mythos Tenement 2 by Jeff Lemire, Andrea Sorrentino, Dave Stewart 2.      BRZRKR: Poetry of Madness by Steve Skroce, Keanu Reeves, Dave Stewart 3.      Rogue Sun 14 by Ryan Parrott, Marco Renna, Abel, Natalia Marques 4.      Superman: The Last Days of Lex Luthor 1 by Mark Waid, Bryan Hitch, Kevin Nowlan, David Baron 5.      Seasons Have Teeth 4 by Dan Watters, Sebastian Cabrol, Dan Jackson 6.      w0rldtr33 4 by James Tynion IV, Fernando Blanco, Jordie Bellaire 7.      Incredible Hulk 2 by Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Nic Klein, Matt Wilson 8.      Newburn 9 by Chip Zdarsky, Jacob Phillips 9.      Traveling to Mars 7 by Mark Russell, Roberto Meli 10.  Dead Lucky 7 by Melissa Flores, French Carlomagno, Mattia Iacono

Taking the Artist's Edition Index from print to the spoken word. This month I take a look at shipping changes, IDW 2024 DC Announcement, 2000 AD/Rebellion May 2023 Solicitations, Diamond June 2023 Solicitations, AE Format Out Of Print Sales April 2023, AE Index Poll May 2023, and reviews of David Wright's Carol Day: Lance Hallam and Kevin Nowlan's Marvel Heroes Artist's Edition. Forewarning, there is some rambling.

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Reilly and George welcome cartoonist, playwright and noted-shirt-taker-offer Dean Haspiel back to the Hypothetical Island for a discussion on ghosts, reincarnation, carbuncles, Jack Kirby,  Chinese food, Vince Coletta vs Kevin Nowlan, and what to say to famous recluses. Dean also talks about his newest project, Covid Cop (kickstarting now!) and there's a special guest appearance by cartoonist Russ (Amazing Arizona Comics) Kazmierczak. 

Episode #5 What if the rollout of a proposed small press full color super-heroic shared universe came out more like an Agatha Christie murder mystery? It's Ten Little Launch Titles, with a host of announced established talents across 1987-- but how many of the names will show up, which titles will actually see release, in what format, and when exactly? Diabolu Frank is on the case, and his suspects include Neal Adams, David Ammerman, Arnel Avetria, Dell Barras, Dante Barreno, Mark Beachum, Norm Breyfogle, Frank Cirocco, Sam de la Rosa, Tony DeZuniga, Jan Duursema, Dennis Francis, Dante Fuget, Mike Gustovich, Mark Wayne Harris, Phil Haxo, Doug Hazlewood, Rich Hedden, Jack Herman, Bob Ingersoll, Peter Iro, Bruce Jones, Michael William Kaluta, Joe Kubert, Victor Laszlo, Tom Mandrake, Lee Marrs, Cliff MacGillivray, Tom McWeeney, Chris Miller, Adrian Moro, Kevin Nowlan, Steve Perry, Jim Reddington, Rico Rival, P. Craig Russell, Dan Schaeffer, Greg & Terry Shoemaker, Jim Starlin, John Stephenson, Greg Swan, Danny Taver, Dan Tolentino, Albert Val, Bob Versandi, Charles Vess, B. J. Weiss, Louis Williams, & Nollie Zamora. Can you figure out the truth before we relay it? 00:00:46 Lost Universes: Blackthorne 00:08:17 The Timeline Series 00:15:11 Jack Hunter 00:21:38 Outposts: Danse / The Darkling Chronicles / MAD VII 00:31:33 Omni-Men 00:44:43 Locke! 00:54:48 XL 00:59:51 The Bringers 01:14:18 Wind-Rage 01:19:15 Amazing Listeners Episode Gallery Twitter Facebook tumblr ♞#дɱдŻİŊƓĤƐƦʘƐʂ♘ rolledspinepodcasts@gmail.com Wordpress --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/diabolu-frank/message

In 2009, writers Nunzio DeFillipis and Christina Weir brought King Tut to the DC Universe in three issues of Batman Confidential (issues 26-28), with art by Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez and Kevin Nowlan. Tim and Paul discuss the story, and a few '66 Easter eggs embedded therein. (Originally published on Patreon March 19, 2022.)

THE FOLLOWING PODCAST HAS BEEN APPROVED FOR GENERAL AUDIENCES BY THE COMIC BOOK ADAPTATION ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, INC. Crew Log: Dell Dracula Extrinsic Parochialism / Master of the Universe 00:03:06 Pro-Sci-Fi / ZombiCast 00:15:17 Intimate Exposure / Action Figure Apocrypha 00:23:41 Canonical Xenomorphy / Salvation is Here 00:31:39 Dark Horse Insider / Synopsis verse 1 00:37:31 Early Mike Mignola 00:50:47 Synopsis verse 2 01:01:01 Kevin Nowlan? 01:08:55 Synopsis verse 3 01:15:24 Dave Gibbons of Watchmen Fame 01:23:17 The True Satan 01:30:17 Pick Your Page 01:47:34 MU/TH/UR 2200 01:53:08 episode art gallery blog post

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¡Los Ñoñonautas exploran los pormenores de la Orden de San Dumas y echan un vistazo a la miniserie noventera BATMAN: LA ESPADA DE AZRAEL, por Dennis O'Neil, Joe Quesada y Kevin Nowlan. SINOPSIS BATMAN: LA ESPADA DE AZRAEL Un nuevo héroe en el mundo de Batman… ¡le guste o no al Caballero Oscuro! Jean Paul Valley acaba de enterarse de boca de su moribundo padre que su familia es parte de una antigua sociedad secreta llamada La Orden de San Dumas ¡y que él es último en una larguísima dinastía de asesinos! Ahora, con su condición psicológica activada, Valley ha pasado de ser un especialista en ciencia computacional a una imparable arma conocida como Azrael. Pero cuando su objetivo es el heroico Batman, comienza a cuestionarse su vida y su deber. Atestigüen los inicios de uno de los personajes más controvertidos del cómic, de la mano de sus legendarios creadores Dennis O'Neil y Joe Quesada, junto con Kevin Nowlan y Mike Vosburg. AZRAEL VOL. 1: ÁNGEL CAÍDO recopila BATMAN: SWORD OF AZRAEL #1-4 y SHOWCASE '94 #10. FICHA EDITORIAL Editorial: DC Comics. Escritor: Dennis O'Neil. Arte: Joe Quesada y Kevin Nowlan. Publicado originalmente en Batman Sword of Azrael #1-4 (1992-1993). Ediciones mexicanas: Editorial: Vid. (Primera edición) Fecha de portada: 10 de noviembre de 1995. Incluye: Batman: Sword of Azrael #1-4 (1992-1993) Páginas: 104. PVP: $20 pesos. Editorial: Televisa. Publicación: Marzo 28, 2022. Incluye: Batman Sword of Azrael #1-4 (1992-1993) y Showcase '94 #10. Páginas: 136. Precio: $340 pesos. FICHA COVACHA Mesa: Isaac de la Rocha y Valentín García. Edición de video: Isaac de la Rocha. Fecha de grabación: Domingo 28 de agosto, 2022. Fecha de estreno: Miércoles 12 de octubre, 2022. Podcast & Redes: Valentín García. ¡Conviértete en miembro del canal de YouTube desde $9 al mes, y ayúdanos a seguir creando contenido: Suscríbete al Podcast de La Covacha en: Spotify: http://spoti.fi/2XJDQq2​ Apple: http://apple.co/2KkWpOb​ Amazon: http://amzn.to/3qjUUzm​ Acerca de LA COVACHA Proyecto colectivo de fans para fans en el que hablamos de cómics, series, películas, y todo lo relacionado con la vida ñoña. Comenzamos a ñoñear en 2006, abrimos el sitio en febrero de 2007, y no hemos parado desde entonces. Bueno sí, un rato en 2015, pero aquí andamos de nuevo.

EPISODE 98: Superman vs Aliens It's another Halloween special! Spooktober this year provides us guest Dave from signal of doom joining the Last Sons to talk about Superman vs Aliens by Dan Jurgens and Kevin Nowlan. Plus Connor-El reviews Black Adam! Warning, more explicit language than usual! SHOW NOTES: Superman vs Aliens Black Adam The music for this episode contains excerpts from various songs and is copyrighted by Styzmask. The music used on Last Sons of Krypton - A Superman Podcast is licensed under an Attribution License;

We're joined by Ben M., the inventor of our official S02 cocktail The Romita Alteration, to discuss Moon Knight #29. Moench & Sienkiewicz spin the dark, lyrical tale of a Jack Russell who's been hounded (no pun intended) across the world by a Satanic cult who want to use his wolf self to signal the End of Times. In desperation, he turns to old foe-cum-ally, Moon Knight.

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With the new Moon Knight TV series on the horizon, it seemed like a good time to look at a few classic Moon Knight stories. And since Amir is a huge fan of Kevin Nowlan's artwork, we figured we should explore a couple of issues illustrated by Nowlan. Join us for 20 minutes of discussion about proper inking styles, dated authoring styles, and some immaculate artwork. If you enjoyed, please subscribe and leave us feedback on iTunes. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/classiccomics/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/classiccomics/support

Ryan Sook is an American comic book artist, known for his work on books such as Seven Soldiers: Zatanna, X-Factor and The Spectre. His style has been compared to that of Mike Mignola, Adam Hughes, and Kevin Nowlan.

Comics creator, Micheal Avon Oeming joins the program to talk Toth, Kevin Nowlan's Man-Bat, cubism, artistic development, blackspotting, digital comics, career and industry, and advice he received from Toth in correspondence. Check out his website & instagram links below.+++For a daily dose of Toth images, and updates on the program, Follow @alextothindepth on Instagram.+++Alex Toth In Depth is hosted by Paul Fricke, cartoonist and comics instructor at the Minneapolis College of Art & Design since 2012. Email: paul@opaulo.comLinks:• Alex Toth In Depth podcast• Alex Toth In Depth on Youtube• Micheal Avon Oeming website• Micheal Avon Oeming Instagram• Kevin Nowlan's "Secret Origin of Man-Bat" comic• opaulo comics, art & music Instagram• Prof Paul instagram• https://linktr.ee/opaulo+++Show bumper music - “Silver Summer” from the album “Hungarian Jazz Rhapsody” used with permission from Mihaly Borbely Quartet+++Audio an & video editing by Logan Beecher - Follow on Instagram @hotmecha

This week Ryan drinks a white wine spritzer and Scott has the honor of enjoying a Grain Belt Nordeast while Ryan recommends some comics, makes an Eisner prediction, and praises Human Target and Catwoman: Lonely City before the guys heap praise on one of the best in the business, Kevin Nowlan! It's the artist appreciation hour! If you listen on Spotify you can access podcasts up to 5 days early by subscribing to the show! // Become a Patreon supporter and get early video versions of each episode plus much more. // Visit www.tigshow.com/merch to pick up one of our new shirts, coasters or stickers! // You can follow the show on twitter and Instagram at @tig_show. // Our intro music is a sample from Cockpit, by Silent Partner. #comics #podcasts #beer #wine #batman #drstrange #comicartists #comicbooks #kevinnowlan --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tigshow/message

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In this episode, Greg, Leon and Rahul are joined by special guest Marvyn For the third installment in our epic discussion and breakdown of BATMAN: KNIGHTFALL (https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Batman:_Knightfall). The Bat is broken, Gotham is firmly in the venom enhanced iron grip of Bane. What comes after? A new deadlier Batman? Here we witness the birth of a darker more violent guardian of Gotham, a reckless zealot hell bent on exacting vengeance and justice... We cover: -Batman vol. 1 #498-500 -Detective Comics vol. 1 #664-666 -Showcase '93 #7-8 -Batman: Shadow of the Bat #16-18 This is the portion of the Knightfall epic known as “WHO RULES THE NIGHT” (https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Batman:_Knightfall_Part_Two_-_Who_Rules_the_Night_(Collected)) To fully explore what happens next beyond the breaking of Bruce Wayne we also return to the origin of the man who takes up the mantle, Jean-Paul Valley (https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Jean-Paul_Valley_(Prime_Earth)) otherwise known as Azrael. We discuss his introduction to the DC Universe in Batman: Sword of Azrael #1-4 (https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Batman:_Sword_of_Azrael) Send any questions or feedback to (mailto:acecomicals@gmail.com) acecomicals@gmail.com. And also please subscribe (http://www.acecomicals.com/subscribe) and leave us a review! If you like what we do please consider donating to us (https://ko-fi.com/acecomicals) at https://ko-fi.com/acecomicals. All contributions will be used to defray the cost of hosting the website. Ace Comicals, over and out!# Special Guest: Marvyn Lafayette.

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It's a big review Stack podcast this week as we discuss: Star Wars: The High Republic #1 Marvel Written by Cavan Scott Art by Ario Anindito Dark Nights Death Metal #7 DC Comics Written by Scott Snyder Art by Greg Capullo With Yanick Paquette and Bryan Hitch Crossover #3 Image Comics Written by Donny Cates Art by Geoff Shaw Eternals #1 Marvel Written by Kieron Gillen Art by Esad Ribić Future State: The Next Batman #1 DC Comics Written by John Ridley, Brandon Thomas, Paul Jenkins Art by Nick Derington, Sumit Kumar, Jack Herbert Future State: Superman of Metropolis #1 DC Comics Written by Sean Lewis, Brandon Easton Art by John Timms, Valentine de Landro, Cully Hamner, Michael Avon Oeming Future State: Swamp Thing #1 DC Comics Written by Ram V Art by Mike Perkins Future State: The Flash #1 DC Comics Written by Brandon Vietti Art by Dale Eaglesham Future State: Wonder Woman #1 DC Comics Written and art by Jöelle Jones Colors by Jordie Bellaire Future State: Harley Quinn #1 DC Comics Written by Stephanie Phillips Art by Simone Dimeo The Amazing Spider-Man #56 Marvel Written by Nick Spencer Art by Mark Bagley The Last Witch #1 BOOM! 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Fine & Sina Grace The Vain #4 Oni Press Written by Eliot Rahal Illustrated by Emily Pearson Venom #32 Marvel Written by Donny Cates Art by Ivan Coello Inkblot #5 Image Comics Created by Emma Kubert & Rusty Gladd SUBSCRIBE ON RSS, ITUNES, ANDROID, SPOTIFY, STITCHER OR THE APP OF YOUR CHOICE. FOLLOW US ON TWITTER, AND FACEBOOK. SUPPORT OUR SHOWS ON PATREON. This week's episode is sponsored by Shape & Foster. Visit www.shapeandfoster.com for your free 14-day trial. Full Episode Transcript: Alex:                 What is up everybody? Welcome to The Stack. I'm Alex. Justin:              I'm Justin. Pete:                I'm Pete. What it is. Justin:              What it is, he says. Alex:                 What it is. Justin:              T I Z. Alex:                 On The Stack, we talk about a bunch of comics that have come out this week. Lots of big stuff here. We're going to have a big chunk in the middle to hold that all we'll get to in a moment, but first, let's talk a bit… A big kickoff that happened this week. Star Wars: The High Republic #1 from Marvel, written by Cavan Scott, art by Ariel Anandito. This is a comic, but this is also a megastory that is going to be told over comics, books, games, probably TV shows. I don't know what else, but it's all set at the height of the Jedi. They're facing down a new threat. This is the first salvo hero. I believe the first two things that were released were this comic book today and, yesterday, Charles Sol, comic book writer, wrote a book called Star Wars: Light of the Jedi that touches on a lot of the same plot lines. Alex:                 This is a big deal. This is [crosstalk 00:02:08] part of it again. Pete:                He also writes really good novels, okay? He's not just a comic book writer, okay? Alex:                 No, this is a novel that he wrote, that I was mentioning, Pete. Pete:                Yeah. Oh. I thought you tried to just pigeon-hole him as only a comic book writer. Alex:                 No, I'm just trying to pigeon-hole him as a lawyer. Justin:              Pete hates pigeons, and he hates the holes that they live in. Pete:                You're god damned right, I do. Justin:              He's coming for you. Alex:                 The thing that I'm curious about with this book is, does it work, first of all, as its own comic book, as its own thing? What do you think about it as part of this Star Wars: The High Republic megastory? Pete:                I just have a question real quick. The lizard guy with one arm, that's not the guy from the bar who loses an arm? Justin:              No. Pete:                Okay. Just making sure. Justin:              That would be a crazy coincidence. Pete:                Well, that's the thing. It's a lizard guy with one arm. I mean, I don't know. Justin:              This takes place before that. Alex:                 No, this takes place, yeah, hundreds of years before, I believe. Pete:                Oh, okay. All right. Just checking. Just making sure. Justin:              Let me throw out, I love just seeing the timeline infographic they did for the cover. Alex:                 Oh, yeah. Justin:              That's just fun. It's just fun to see all those things and be like, “Oh, look at all the good stuff, and then look at all the bad stuff,” all on one page. Alex:                 I stopped reading there, so I think we can move on to the next title. No, I actually like this. I was a little trepidatious, frankly, going into here. I think, sometimes, it's a mixed bag with Star Wars books, particularly when you're not focusing on the main characters that have an established voice, but I think this new character that we're following, this young Jedi, this Padawan, who goes on a mission, gets elevated, spoiler, to the level of Jedi knight, gives you a really good setup for the stakes and everything that's going on. There's clearly some danger coming her way, but I enjoyed it. I thought it was a fun Star Wars book, independently of anything else that's going on. Pete:                Plus the double-sided sabers. That's always badass. Justin:              Yes, always badass. Never not successful. Justin:              I like this, too. My favorite parts were where I felt like there was some new ground broken. I feel like these new characters, it feels a little [Star Treky 00:04:20], a bit. Alex:                 Yes. Pete:                Whoa! Alex:                 I think very much so Justin:              Which I think makes a lot of sense in that the height of the Jedi would be a much more organized society, like Star Trek is. I thought that was cool. Justin:              The parts that I don't like are when they're just referencing shit that we've already seen, like, there's a lot of splash pages later on where the only species we see are species we've seen in Star Wars. I'm like, “I see why you did that, but throw some other people in there. I want to see some new stuff. I'd like to see the Force used in a different way,” was my takeaway here. Alex:                 What'd you think about hot Yoda? Because we kind of get a hot, younger Yoda here, like a little more ripped. Justin:              He's sort of a teen, like an angsty teen. This Yoda fucks, and I love that. Pete:                Yeah, but he's still- Alex:                 Yoda's the kind of guy, Yoda, you'd want to grab an IPA with, like plug his mind, find out what's going on there. What are his ideas? Pete:                Well, first off, he's still got- Justin:              Yoda, put away that joint! We can't get high now. We have a big council meeting. Pete:                Yoda's got a walking stick, so he's not that young. Alex:                 Smoke, you will. Justin:              Relax, we must. Alex:                 Meeting dot 420 minutes, it is. Pete:                Oh my god. Nice. Nice. I mean, I can't believe I'm not in on these bits, but really impressive, Alv. That's the smartest 420 bit I've ever heard. Justin:              Wow. Pete:                Yoda's still got a walking stick, guys, all right? He's not that- Justin:              But he's not using it. He's not leaning on it. It's sort of more of a fun stick. Pete:                No, he's not. Yeah. Justin:              That's [crosstalk 00:05:53] a bowl. Alex:                 It's a pimp stick. Justin:              It's a bowl. Alex:                 That's a pimp stick. Justin:              It's a very long bowl that he smokes out of. Pete:                It's a bowl. Yeah. Pete:                Yeah, it's cool. It's nice to see him. I also am more interested in the horned Chewbacca character next to him, like Justin said, that it's like, “Oh, this is interesting. This is new.” Yeah, I think, with all the Star Wars, I agree. It would be nice to be like, “Let's just go away from what we know for a little bit and really just kind of get lost in some new shit,” but I enjoyed this. I very much enjoyed this. The fun timeline with all the symbols in the beginning was great. Love the action. This is just some good stuff. I feel like it's a great setup for this world to get into. Alex:                 I'm not laughing at you. I'm actually laughing at us, the fact that we were like, “Love that timeline.” Justin:              We do. Alex:                 First few pages. You open it up. Timeline. Close it back up. Justin:              Yeah. All I want, just the context. I love context. Pete:                Exactly. Just give me… Where are we? Alex:                 Yeah, I also did love the timeline, though. Pete:                What are we doing? Justin:              Yeah, exactly. As I say, everybody loves a timeline. Pete:                [crosstalk 00:06:59] disagree with you. Wording wasn't like- Justin:              I think what Pete's saying is, he wants more of his comics, like the X-Men specifically, with pages in the middle, where they just have information. Pete:                Fuck you. Justin:              Especially symbols. Pete:                Fuck you. Alex:                 Don't worry. We'll get there. We'll talk about another Marvel book that has that, but first, from the beginning to an ending, let's talk about Dark Nights: Death Metal #7 from DC Comics, written by Scott Snyder, art by Greg Capullo with Yonic Bucat and Brian Hitch. This is wrapping up this mega, wild saga of the DC Universe versus the Being, the Batman, I don't know what you call him, who laughs. Here, as has been not wildly rumored but put out there, the entire DC Universe, the cosmology of it, gets completely redefined at the end, really characterizing this, in case you weren't clear, as the level of a crisis in terms of redefining the universe, which is, I think, a big deal. Pete:                Yeah. Alex:                 What'd you think about how this book wrapped up as a whole but also where it leaves the DC universe? Nobody say anything, please. Justin:              No, Pete, I thought that was yours. There was a perfect lane for you. Alex:                 Yeah, you sort of bent back as if you were winding up for like, “Here it comes.” Justin:              A real haul-off. I thought a haul-off was coming. Pete:                It got kind of crazy in a way that I was like, “What is happening?” but I'm the first guy to get lost in stuff. The Wonder Woman mirror thing was a little weird. It got kind of meta. It was cool, the way it kind of started with Skeleton Head Rock, and then we got to see kind of like a young Sergeant Rock that was cool. Pete:                I think this event overall was a lot of fun. I wasn't like, “Oh, shit! DC Universe is completely changed!” You did a thing about a hand that kind of shows up. It got weird in spots, but I thought this was fun. I like the Batman talking shit, calling somebody a punk. Yeah, this was a fun event. Justin:              What I love about this, and I thought this ended really strongly here. There were a lot of titles throughout Death Metal that felt like, if you were reading everything, it was like, “Wait. Where are we? We were off the main plot here.” This book really landed all of the planes together in a great way. It was funny, while at the same… Every character was really playing their character game, the thing that make their essence at a high potential the entire time. I love that the focus never shifted from Wonder Woman. I thought for sure it was going to shift back to Batman at some point in this, because it's such a Batman-focused event, and I love that they didn't. Batman and Superman had their fights, and they were sort of off, but it was all about Wonder Woman. I appreciated that so hard, because the themes of this crossover are her themes. It's like truth, ultimate justice, be direct and simple to your truth. That's where we end up. Wonder Woman wins by not knowing the consequences but still just doing what she thinks is the right thing. The fact that that paid off, I thought was great. Justin:              The philosophy at the end of this, where the DC Universe is landing, where it's like, “Let's bring these characters back to their cores but, at the same time, let everything go wild. Let's push this universe into any direction we want.” I just love that creative potential. The event, from the premise to the endpoint, that was the idea. I love that it's taking over the whole line now. Alex:                 Yeah. I completely agree with you. My only two tiny, little quibbles that I don't even completely agree with but I'll say out loud anyway, one of them is that it felt like this was leading up to a point where Wonder Woman was going to die, right? Justin:              Mm-hmm (affirmative). Alex:                 I appreciate the fact that they didn't kill her off, which is why this is a dumb thing to bring up, because that would have been very frustrating, but it felt like they did the thing that they did with Tony Stark over in Civil War 2, where it was like, “Well, story-wise, we have to kill off Iron Man. That is the only option here. Instead, let's come up with this weird middle point where he doesn't die so we can keep him around, so we don't just rely on, ‘Oh, and then we're going to bring him back anyway.'” They do the same thing with Wonder Woman here, where it's like, she should have died. That was the natural ending point of this thing. It would have been a huge bummer and frustrating, so instead, they did this weird middle point that's going to lead to something else. A lot of that depends on whatever story they're about to tell with Wonder Woman going forward, I guess. Alex:                 The other part is just the idea that everything matters, which is the same as, I think, the Hyper Time idea that they tried a little while ago, that is confusing to think about. I think the way to approach it and the way that I'm approaching is, don't worry about it too much. We've been reading comics for years. None of it makes any sense when you lay it out linearly, so just allow yourself to remember the stories you like and ignore the things that don't necessarily make it cohesive. That's fine. That's how I'm getting past it, but there's certainly times when I'm reading this book where I felt like, I don't know how everything can matter. That just doesn't jive up in any sort of way. What does Superman remember that happened right now? What was his life like in a linear fashion? You know? Justin:              I think that what I like about this is, that's the problem anyway. Continuity is a fluid thing. You believe enough parts of it so you're like, “This is the story,” but every specific detail isn't important, because they start to conflict. Then you're left with mush, so I like the idea that they were able to play a little bit faster and looser with it, where it's like, “Yes, he was married. He has this kid. The kid was aged up in the future. All those things are true. Then, now, we're shifting into Future State, where we're really exploring extrapolations on those themes. Then we'll see where the main stories land,” but the fact that there are lanes where new stories can be told are great. Justin:              I just want to say to your point, Pete, how did you feel…? I thought Alfred looked great in this comic. Pete:                Fuck you, you fucking fuck, bud. Justin:              I think he looks better. Pete:                This comic brings up an interesting point. I'm wondering if you guys have thought about this at all. If you see a different version of yourself, the mirror version of yourself, do you just assume that it's you, because it looks similar? Do you kind of quiz yourself to make sure it's you? How do you react to seeing kind of like a different version of you in the mirror there? Justin:              You can always tell with a kiss. Pete:                You're going to kiss yourself? Alex:                 I agree. I agree. Pete:                You're going to kiss yourself? Alex:                 Exactly what I was going to say. Pete:                Why would it…? How would…? Kissing yourself, you would know it's you? How would that…? That's… Justin:              It is intimacy. You just know. Alex:                 Yeah. Justin:              Sometimes, you just know with a kiss. Pete:                What? Oh my god. Alex:                 You can just feel what's in the other's heart. Pete:                Oh my god. All right. Alex:                 Let's move on to another crossover, [inaudible 00:14:11] Crossover #3 from Image Comics. [crosstalk 00:14:12] Shaw. Pete:                Oh, I see what you did there. I see what you did. Alex:                 In this issue, a lot of the story threads are starting to come together as our main characters are trying to bring a comic book character back to the dome that is over Denver. They run into some trouble along the way. We get a reveal at the end of a character they've been teasing that is a big deal at the end of this issue. I thought the reveal was great. I cackled out loud when I got to it. I enjoyed it quite a bit. I don't know if we want to spoil it necessarily, but what did you think about this issue and the story as a whole? Pete:                We shouldn't. I thought this was great. I really love the reveal. I thought it made a lot of sense. You kind of get a hint of stuff along the way, which is cool. Yeah, I'm really impressed with the writing and the creativity on this book. It's very interesting. It's really cool to see how things are going to unfold. I love the kind of action stuff that happens here. I think I'm completely on board. This has been a lot of fun. Justin:              Yeah, I like it, too. It's amazing how meta and comic book [insidery 00:15:27] this book is, but it doesn't bother me. It's just a book for a very specific audience, and that's because- Pete:                Your review is, this book doesn't bother you. That's what you're saying? Justin:              I guess what I'm saying is, my expectation was that, if someone was like, “Hey, we're going to do this book where we reference all this very insidery things and sort of call a character Dr. Strange in a very winky way and then back off of that idea, I would be like, “I don't know if I would like that,” but I thought it's really handled in a very smart way. The reveal on the last page, I thought, was very fun. A couple characters, the guy's dad is the male love interest, is drawn like John Goodman from The Righteous Gemstones, like so hard. Alex:                 Yes, 100%. Justin:              Which I thought was fun. Alex:                 Mm-hmm (affirmative). Justin:              It's good. It's really striding a line that I think is difficult to stride. Pete:                I just don't understand, if you have a comic book, why you wouldn't put John Goodman in it. You know what I mean? Alex:                 Exactly. I completely agree. I think he was in Dark Nights: Death Metal somewhere. Pete:                Yeah. Alex:                 I also like the fact that Donny works in, I think it's The Paybacks, which is a book that he wrote back in the day, that he very cheekily is like, “Well, nobody read it, but it was very good,” which I thought was a fun, little detail. Again, you get that character at the end that I think is definitely a swerve but is perfectly- Pete:                Did it bother you, though? Alex:                 Should we just talk about it? Pete:                No, no. I just want to know if it bothered you at all. Alex:                 What bothered me? Pete:                Some things didn't bother Justin. I just want to know if you wanted to say, anything didn't bother you. Alex:                 What? No, nothing bothered me. Justin:              Yeah, do you want to talk about the reveal at this point? Alex:                 Yeah, sure. Let's talk about the reveal. Spoiler if you haven't read it already, but Mad Man shows up at the end. We got this tease in the first issue. The character drew somebody who has been taking people, helping get in and out of the dome. It looks like it's a picture of Superman, so the implication is, “Holy shit, did they somehow get Superman?” No, they did not get Superman as of yet, but it turns out, it's actually Mad Man, Mike Allred's creation. Pete:                Yeah. Alex:                 That is just a perfect character for this sort of dimension-hopping weirdness sort of thing. That's the thing that I really liked about the reveal, is it's not the biggest swerve you can think of from Superman, but it's certainly something you're like, “I never would have predicted that character would be coming here, but it makes perfect sense for the story they're telling.” It definitely doubles down on, “Okay, we're going for this. Here's the crossover. This is not just original characters that we're doing here.” Justin:              That's what I think. It really served the crossover premise so strong. Pete:                Yeah. I think my big takeaway is, this comic doesn't bother me. Justin:              Good. Go ahead and throw that on the cover. Alex:                 Let's move on- Justin:              One quick thing in the credits. Alex:                 Yeah. Justin:              Mark Wade worked on this book, as a… It says, “Story edits.” Alex:                 Ooh. Justin:              Yeah, interesting that he's there, helping craft the final book here. Alex:                 That is very interesting. Alex:                 Let's move on to one that may or may not have bothered Pete. Eternals #1 from Marvel, written by Kieron Gillen, art by Esad Ribic. As Justin mentioned on the live show, we talked to Kieron about this on our podcast a couple of months back. He teased this. I still think, even based on his teases, I didn't know what we were getting into here. This is a wild ride. This seems very clearly influenced or perhaps just parallel to what Jonathan Hickman has been doing over on X-Men in this book. There's a lot of back matter and integrated matter. We've certainly talked about how that works sometimes with the X-Men books, sometimes does not. Here, in my mind, it definitely does. I thought this book was great. Again, great last page reveal. I loved it. Justin:              Yeah. Great. I mean, the art by Esad Ribic is just stunning. It really… I think it serves sort of the tone of this book, which feels very postmodern superhero book that's owning, like a lot of books we've talked about, about continuity. This owns all this continuity. It feels like these characters, these Eternals, have been alive forever. They have done everything. They're a little bit cold about everything. It's still the world. Iron Man shows up here. It feels like a comic book reader. I've seen hundreds and hundreds of stories. Where's the new ground? It feels like we're going to get there. It's sort of like the, “God is dead at the end of the world. Who did it?” I love that. Pete:                Yeah. I mean, I've never really been a big Eternals fan, and I'm wondering if this movie's going to be any good or not, but- Alex:                 Did you say, “Eternals,” or, “A-turtles?” Never been a big a-turtles fan, huh? Pete:                No, Eternals. Alex:                 The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. They love the pizza. Pete:                I don't know what's going on, but you know I'm a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fan, so I wouldn't say that. Alex:                 Oh, okay. Pete:                Yeah, I have a hard time where the characters are eternal. They live forever. They're these all-impotent beings that have lived life forever, whatever whatever. Nothing's new for them. They get bored and do stupid shit. Pete:                I was impressed with the head butt. I thought that was glorious, calling your shot, which was great, but other than that, the art's fantastic. There were some weird pages of symbols that I didn't check out on purpose, but we'll see how this wraps up. Alex:                 Interesting. Pete:                Last page, saw that coming a mile away. Alex:                 Wow. Justin:              What? No way. Pete:                Yeah, dude! Justin:              Wow. Okay. Pete:                Get to the planet, and it's basically his name. I mean, what the fuck? Justin:              Wow. Alex:                 All right. Justin:              Okay. Alex:                 One of the things, just to- Justin:              Why did you call the ending of the second issue, then? Pete:                What's that? Alex:                 Yeah, Pete. If you know it so well, what's happening at the end of the second issue. Pete:                He gets the fucking gauntlet. I don't know. I don't fucking know what that's going to happen in the next one. Justin:              All right. The thing with Pete is, it probably will happen. Pete:                I mean, they dropped him. [crosstalk 00:21:36]. Alex:                 One thing that I wanted to respond to, that I think Kieron Gillen does so well here, is deal with the idea that these are Eternals. These are immortals. They think they have this purpose, and they found out their purpose is not necessarily wrong but just doesn't mean anything, so what do they do next if they're never going to die but their lives don't mean anything? What does that mean for the lives they continue living? To me, he almost treats it like office worker drones, right? Like you're going into work every single day. You're doing the same thing. What is the end result? For them, there is no end result. There's nothing, so what is their purpose? I think that's the setup here. We're going to find out, do they have a purpose? Who has a purpose? What do their lives mean going forward? I think that's a very exciting and interesting and very esoteric, mind you, thing to talk about. Alex:                 The other thing that I really loved about this book was the description of Deviants. Pete:                Yeah. Alex:                 That really popped for me, because there's this setup at the beginning of, the Celestials came down. They created 100 Eternals. They created 100 Deviants. They left. Then there's a little shruggie emoji beneath that. That's the perfect setup for the book. What he talks about with the Deviants in there, there's this comparison of like, yeah, not all Deviants are bad. Some of them just go bad, but they look at human beings as like, “Well, some of you are serial killers.” You know? I thought that was just such a good sequence of dialogue, aligning us with Deviants when the rest of the book is aligning us with Eternals. Just great writing, great art across the board. I really like this book quite a bit. Justin:              Now, one follow-up I know we talked about. Do you think, if the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles lives under, in the sewers of other cities, they would like different stuff? Pete:                Yeah. Alex:                 Yeah, sure. Justin:              Like if they lived in the sewers of Seattle, would they just be like coffee drinkers? Alex:                 Yeah. They live under St. Petersburg, and they're like, “I love being a turtle, and I love borscht.” Justin:              Yeah. “Borscht time!” Alex:                 If they lived in Rochester, they would love garbage plates. Pete:                There you go. Justin:              Wow. If they lived under Philadelphia, they'd be sucking on a cheese stick. Pete:                Ah man. Alex:                 Wrong podcast. Alex:                 Let's get into our Future State block here with a ton of books that were released off of the end of Dark Nights Battle from DC this week. Pete:                Here we go! Alex:                 They all take place in an indeterminate future of the DC Universe. However, as we found out when we were talking to Phillip Kennedy Johnson on our live show, they're all interconnected in some way, and they all do matter in some way as well. They're going to take elements and work them back, so this isn't just Elseworlds. This isn't just like what if or anything like that. It's something else. We don't know fully yet, but I figured the best way of approaching this, I'm just going to read through the titles. We don't need to talk about each of them individually, but I'm curious to hear you guys shout out. Then I'll read off the creative teams as well. Alex:                 We've got Next Batman, Superman of Metropolis, Swamp Thing, The Flash, Wonder Woman, and Harley Quinn. Justin, you were super into the Swamp Thing one, which was written by Ram V, art by Mike Perkins. You want to talk about that? Justin:              Yeah. This one is sort of post-apocalyptic Earth. Swamp things are the only things alive, at least at the beginning of the issue. Pete:                I like what you did there. I like what you did there. That was nice. Justin:              Yeah. It's just really nice. It's an issue about, oddly, like being a parent here. Swamp Thing intermittently walks us through the construction of a body of his children, basically, as he's going. Then bad things start to happen. This is the kind of story that I hope DC does more of with Future State and beyond, where it does feel like an Elseworlds that matters. Alex:                 Pete? Pete:                The art's glorious. I thought it was okay. Justin:              Great. You weren't bothered by it? Pete:                Yeah, it didn't bother me. I think there were other ones in the stack that I really like more, but you know. I'm not a parent, so I didn't really- Alex:                 I will say, reading these in the order of Next Batman, Superman of Metropolis, Swamp Thing; Next Batman brings up this new villain for Gotham city. Superman of Metropolis brings up a new villain for Metropolis, so I started to feel like, “Okay, we're getting kind of this interconnected thing.” Swamp Thing, I could not figure out how that gelled with that, so it took me a little while to get into it because of that, but I agree with you, Justin. I thought this was really nice storytelling and very interesting and weird. It reminded me a little bit of a Jeff Lemire take on Swamp Thing, almost like Sweet Tooth in a certain way. Justin:              For sure, yeah. Alex:                 I like this one quite a bit. Justin:              Swamp Tooth. Alex:                 Swamp Tooth. If you weren't into this one, what was your jam? What did you like of the Future State books? Pete:                I thought The Dreaming was cool. Batman was great. Alex:                 We're not talking about The Dreaming. Let's talk about Next Batman, though, written by John Ridley. Pete:                The backups were great as well. Alex:                 Hold on. Let me just say the writing staff on Next Batman. Pete:                Okay. Alex:                 You got John Ridley, Brandon Thomas, Paul Jenkins, art by Nick Derington, Sumit Kumar, and Jack Herbert. This is the big deal. This is like their shout across the bow, because this is a black Batman. This is Luke Fox, I think? Lucius Fox's son who was taking over, I think. Pete:                Yeah. Alex:                 Am I wrong about that? Justin:              I think you're wrong about that, because Luke Fox- Alex:                 Maybe it's his brother? Justin:              Yeah, Luke Fox was the other Batman family character. Alex:                 Okay. All right. I think it's part of the Fox family. Justin:              Definitely that, yes. Pete:                Yeah. Agreed. Alex:                 It's probably like the Simpsons. Justin:              Oh, no, you're right. It is Luke. It's Luke. It's Luke. It's Luke. Alex:                 It's Luke Fox. Okay. This is a big deal. We get a couple of backups to show us other things that are going on in the world of Gotham City as it's under this tyrannical rule, this fascist rule. Pete, what did you like about this book? Pete:                Well, first off, the villain that kind of gets attacked has some sweet knives. You don't see the combination of like brass knuckle and knife very much anymore, so that was great, to see that again. Some good action sequences. Then also liked the kind of like bubble that we got inside Batman's head a little bit, and Justin really likes that. Then we kind of got a little of the Fox residence. Then there's this kind of interesting thing about masks and putting on masks in Gotham, which is cool. Yeah, there was some really cool ideas going around here, so it got me very excited to see where this is going to go. I really like the design of Batman. The action of Batman in this comic was really great. This had a real cool feel to it, and I liked it very much. Alex:                 Yeah, I thought Nick Derington's art in particular was very good here. It feels like a classic Batman tale, which is probably transgressive in and of itself, that it's not a Batman who is black first and foremost, but it is a Batman first and foremost. Then it has these other layers to it. I think it was very purposeful on John Ridley's part and works really well. Alex:                 The one that jumped out to me, Future State: Wonder Woman #1. Pete:                Yes. Alex:                 This was written and art by Joëlle Jones, colors by Jordie Bellaire. Pete:                Wait. Alex:                 Yes? Pete:                Before we move on, we should talk a little bit about the backups in the Batman issue. Alex:                 Sure. Go ahead. Pete:                Okay. Katana was great. Alex:                 Yeah. Pete:                The design was really awesome. Sometimes, Katana is done not too well. This was really great. I really appreciated all that we got from this character. I'm very excited to get more. I hope these cool backups continue. Then we kind of got these team-up stuff as well. We got the Outsiders stuff in there. That was done well. I'm very excited to see, in this future state, how the Batman team is going to work, so I feel like they did a great job of getting us excited in this Next Batman Future State issue for the, not only Arkham Knights but the Outsiders as well. Justin:              Yeah, I agree. I hope this is the format of these books, where we get to see little snippets of the other characters. Great take on Outsiders and just really great across the board. Pete:                Yes. Sorry, Alex. I didn't mean to cut you off there. Alex:                 No, that's fine. Back to Wonder Woman. This Joëlle Jones art alone, to heat it up a little bit, on this book is so phenomenal. Justin:              Yes. Yes. [crosstalk 00:30:42] alone! Alex:                 This is a book that… I definitely went into it with preconceptions, only because it isn't out yet. It's already in develop by the CW as a TV show, so I was like, “All right. How is this going to work? What is this TV show about?” That was the critical lens I was looking through it. I still have no idea, having read the book, but once I was able to get past that, this is the boldest reinvention of the Wonder Woman mythology since Cliff Chiang and Brian Azzarello, and I love it. Love it. So good. It's a completely a different character. It feels consistent with the name Wonder Woman as she goes down to the underworld on a mission. We get to see different aspects of it. It's funny. It's weird at points. There's interesting mythology that's mixing different mythologies than just the Olympic mythology that we're used to, with Diana. This is so good. I think it is, actually, but this is one that I hope is ongoing, beyond the two to three issues that they're going to be doing over the course of these months. Justin:              Yeah, I mean, I agree. Pete:                Yeah, this… Oh, go ahead. Justin:              It's a young, brash Wonder Woman. Just comparing this Wonder Woman to the Wonder Woman from Wonder Woman 1984 is just like… This is so much more exciting. This is just all in one issue. Pete:                Yeah. This is just a great version of Wonder Woman, who is very action-forward, which is great. The kind of villains and the cool characters along the way doesn't feel like Wonder Woman, but it works in such a nice way that it makes it feel fresh. Yeah, I was like, “Okay, what's this going to be?” and then didn't want to leave this world. I loved the last splash page at the end. This is very exciting stuff. Alex:                 Let's touch on some of the other ones real quick, sort of do little capsule reviews of them. We got Future State: Superman of Metropolis #1 from DC Comics, written by Sean Lewis, Brandon Easton, art by John Timms, Valentine De Landro, Cully Hamner, Michael Avon Oeming. One thing that I really liked about this one is how weird it was. Justin:              It was very weird. Pete:                It was super weird. Alex:                 Yeah, this is weird, sci-fi Superman tales, something that I don't think we've seen in a very long time, and I appreciated that. Justin:              Yeah, I agree. It was almost a little too… I wanted more of like, “Oh, I see what this story is, and I see where it's going.” It was very grim also. It felt like I was… I'm not confident things are going to work out, which is an odd tone for a Superman book. It's funny. In the Batman book, I thought the first story was the strongest, and in order, that's how I liked them. In this, I feel like it was the reversed order. Pete:                Yes. Justin:              I liked the Guardian story at the end the best. Pete:                Yes! Justin:              Then, second, the Mr. Miracle, and third, the Superman [crosstalk 00:33:51]. Pete:                Exactly, man! The Guardian was badass! It was really great! I was surprised how much I loved that. Yeah, Superman was all right, but what are we doing with Superman? You know what I mean? Are we changing things up, or is this just like anime Superman? What are we doing? Alex:                 I don't know. I can't get too mad at a ball of teeth. That's a pretty weird, cool villain. Alex:                 Let's talk about Future State: The Flash #1, written by Brandon Vietti, art by Dale Eaglesham. Love Dale Eaglesham's art, one of my favorite artists ever, so great to see him draw the Flash family. Justin:              Yeah. Dark take. Alex, are you saying you don't love this? Alex:                 I didn't love this. Justin:              Because it's so dark. Pete:                Whoo! Justin:              Flash, mostly a bright- Alex:                 No, I don't know. There was something a little stilted about the language, to be honest. Just the writing, the dialogue was a little weird to me. It didn't feel like as bold of a swing as some of the other books that we read in some of the Future State stuff. Justin:              Yeah. Alex:                 It felt like, if the assignment was what happens in 40, 50 years down the road in the DC Universe, this was what happens two, three storylines down the road. Justin:              Interesting. Pete:                [inaudible 00:35:09]. Alex:                 You know what I mean? Justin:              Mmm. Alex:                 I wanted something bigger and weirder with the Flash, and that's not what we got here. Pete:                I read this- Justin:              Interesting, because- Pete:                Oh, go ahead. Justin:              Go ahead. Pete:                I was just going to say real quick, I read this one. I was like, “Well, I hope that Alvin liked this.” Justin:              I read it, and I was like, “Oh, I think Alex won't like this,” because I do think it's a bold swing, because it's a very not… The Flash is so bright and shiny and, “I'll fix this by running.” This is the opposite of that. Pete:                That's his move. Justin:              I think you also don't like it, Alex, because Wally's the bad guy. Alex:                 It makes no sense. Pete:                Shots fired! Alex:                 He's the good guy. Come on! Pete:                Shots fired. Justin:              He's the bad guy in this one, Alex. I want to pick up the next one, because I really was surprised by the tone and the vibe of this. I like the way that the heroes change. Heroes die, and the heroes change their tactic in the middle of this book. I thought that was interesting. Alex:                 Last- Pete:                I think one of the things I realized reading this is like, I've tried doing the Flash philosophy, just run harder, and it doesn't always solve your problems. Alex:                 Oh, go ahead. Oh, really? Pete:                Yeah. I think this book kind of falls short. Justin:              Pete, maybe you need to run a little harder. Pete:                I've tried. I've tried that. Alex:                 Okay, but run even harder. Pete:                Yeah, I- Alex:                 Last, we're going to talk about Future State: Harley Quinn #1, written by Stephanie Phillips, art by Simone Di Meo. This one, to me, almost had the clearest setup of a book. The rest of them felt like they were cutting in in the middle, but here we get, Harley is captured. Scarecrow is basically working as her Charlie-style, from Charlie's Angles, style handler, sending her off on missions to take down other villains in Gotham City. I thought this was a fun setup. I liked it. In particular, I thought Simone Di Meo's art was very good on the book. Justin:              Yeah, I agree. I like the setup here. It is the most… I see what this book is, and we're going to see more of this style story. Pete:                Yeah, that's what I liked about it, was like, “Okay, this is what it's going to be.” It gets you excited for what's going to happen next, so I feel like it does a good job of, “All right. Here's our take on Harley Quinn. This is her new look.” Cool, great. Awesome. I don't hate this at all, but I felt like I wanted a little bit more, but I feel like I'm excited to see where this could go, because it has a lot of possibilities. Alex:                 Let's move on to talk about some non-Future-State books, starting with The Amazing Spider-Man #56 from Marvel, written by Nick Spencer, art by Mark Bagley. Somehow, we're done with the Last Remains storyline and have moved on. We see here how the Kingpin and Norman Osbourne captured Harry Osbourne, AKA Kindred, and what starts to happen next. Alex:                 I know we talked about this with the last issue. Mark Bagley's are always good. He's always a good Spider-Man writer. I am starting to lose my patience with this storyline, to be perfectly honest with you. Justin:              Interesting. Alex:                 I always hesitate to say things like this, but we need to get to it. What is Kindred's deal? He can't stand in the corner and be like, “You know what you did,” for another 15 issues, because I am going to go insane. Justin:              It's funny you say that, because I think the story is sort of moving on. There's a ton of setup in this book for what the next things that are going to be happening. I will say, I liked the little moment where Kindred has little tears running down his weird eyes, his empty, pumpkin head eyes, but I think I've shifted… The coin, I think, is just part of this. We're getting some story. I think what the issue is for me now is, Spider-Man is not the main character in this book, and we're not in Spider-Man's head. Spider-Man is a side character. We're just observing him. It's about the Osbournes, Kingpin. We're in all these other heads. We need Spider-Man to be the center here. The Sin Eater story was about Spider-Man and Sin Eater and what was happening there, and I feel like we've been on Kindred's side of it, and I hope we're going to flip back as we go forward. Pete:                Yeah. Alex:                 Also, sorry Pete. The one thing I was going to say about the Sin Eater thing is, so much of this issue is consumed with talking about how cool the Sin Eater storyline and how interesting it was and the fallout of that, to the point where I'm like, that was more interesting. I like that. That was fascinating, and that really brought Spider-man to the brink, in the way that I just don't understand what Kindred means to him, even though he's a character that we've known for decades at this point. Justin:              Yeah. Pete:                I kind of, as Alvin said, might be a little bit nicer. When you've got a character talking about cool shit that happened before, that's not a good comic book. You're not in the moment in a way that's exciting. You're like, “Man, you know what was really cool? Couple issues ago. That's when shit was exciting. I don't know what's happening here, but I'm going to monologue as I walk circles around this cubed villain. Cool.” Yeah, I didn't like this at all. I want Nick Spencer to be off this book so I can go back to enjoying fucking Spider-Man. Justin:              Not necessary. Alex:                 No, you don't want to take somebody off of a job. That's mean, Pete. Alex:                 Let's move on, though, talk about The Last Witch #1 from BOOM! Box, written by Connor McKeery, illustrated by Vivi Glass. In this book, we meet a young girl who is very interested in sneaking up on, maybe, a witch's castle on her birthday. She is stymied because of a couple of different things. Alex:                 Really like the art here. There's some good all-ages stuff. I wanted a little more in the plot, and we finally get there by the end, so I am excited enough to read issue two. Justin:              Yeah, I thought this was a sock-fixing book for a good portion of it. Pete:                Oh man. Justin:              Like, “Yeah, fix these socks.” Pete:                You can't have your fun until you've fixed some socks, Justin. Everybody knows that. Justin:              Darn those socks. Darn, darn those socks. Justin:              I will say, I liked this. I think the dread that is set up throughout the story is good. It really pays off at the back end. It feels very Blair Witch, if I may reference an old movie. Alex:                 No. Justin:              Okay. Alex:                 The movie we talk about on this podcast is Blair Witch: Book of Shadows. Justin:              Retracted. Pete:                Wow. Justin:              Yeah. That's the bummer. We refuse to mention any movie but the current sequel that's out there. It really makes a lot of our movie conversations horrible. Alex:                 What's more current than Book of Shadows? Justin:              Yeah. Justin:              I thought this was good. Definitely going to pick up the next issue. Yeah. Alex:                 Yeah. Good stuff. Pete:                I agree that I thought this was a lot of fun. The art's fantastic. You got a badass grandma who's smoking a cigar. That's good times. Justin:              Is there anything you like more, Pete, than grandmas? Pete:                Nope. Justin:              All you talk about is grandmas on this podcast. Pete:                Plus you got a little kid, uses gap tooth well. I'm excited to see where this goes. There was a lot of kind of walking in place, if you will, a little bit, but I'm glad we got to see the tower and what's going to… I'm excited to see what happens after that. Alex:                 Yeah. I agree with you. There were a lot of points where they weren't focusing on the grandma, but then, there were a couple of pages where they focused on the grandma. Pete:                Yeah. Justin:              Yes. That's what Pete's interest… Really, Pete? Pete:                Yeah. Alex:                 Let's move on and talk about one more DC book here, Generations Shattered #1 from DC Comics, written by Dan Jurgens, Andy Schmidt, and Robert Venditti, art by… Are you ready? Ivan Reis, Joe Prado, Scott Hanna, Fernando Pasarin, Oclair Albert, Aaron Lopresti, Matt Ryan, Emanuela Lupacchino, Wade van Grawbadger, Bernard Chang… I like that you're both taking drinks of your beer. Yanick Paquette, Kevin Nowlan, Dan Jurgens, Klaus Janson, Paul Pelletier, Sandra Hope, John Romita Jr., Danny Miki, Doug Braithwaite, Rags Morales, and Mike Perkins. Alex:                 This is a book that I included here on the stack, because it certainly seems like, okay, you go Dark Nights: Death Metal. You go Generations Shattered. Then we're into Future State. It even says on the cover, “Spinning out of the pages of Dark Nights: Death Metal.” It doesn't have anything to do with that. Justin:              No. This book is a bit of a fever dream. Alex:                 Oh, yes. I didn't mind it once I got past realizing, “Wait, this has nothing to do with anything else going on in the DC Universe,” because there's just a fun thing about Kamandi building a team to take down another time-threatening villain. There's some good, fun art in it. There's a weird team that he puts together, has Dan Jurgens leading into his Booster Gold stuff, which… Justin:              Loves Booster Gold. Alex:                 That's cool. Loves Booster Gold. Justin:              I know people love Kamandi. I've always just been like, his only thing is he's the last boy. It's sort of like, “Well, he's just the last one.” Alex:                 No, man, he has long, blonde hair. Justin:              Yeah. Alex:                 He wears cut off jean shorts and no shirt. Justin:              I feel like he's cold. He's traveling through time with no shirt on. It's got to be cold. Alex:                 Yeah. Put on a shirt. Justin:              Yeah. Put on a shirt, Kamandi. Justin:              I do like Wave Rider. I like a lot of these weird characters that they pulled together for this. There's a lot of fun, weird… Like fighting Hector Hammond's big head in this middle bit, the young Booster Gold versus old Booster Gold. Alex:                 I think the problem is the timing of how this comes out more than anything. This feels like there's this weird, other event that's been going on during the big event, that is trying to do a lot of the same things that Dark Nights: Death Metal is doing but in a more conventional way. It's fun to read but confusing to read this week. Justin:              I think that's fair. Pete:                I really love the Remuter Jr. bit. That was enjoyable, but the other shit was really kind of fucked up. Justin:              The other shit was fucked up. The woman's doll in the fridge, I was like, “Is that…? Are you recalling out fridging here?” Pete:                Ooh. Alex:                 Oh, I don't even remember that. I think I missed that entirely. Pete:                Oh, yeah. Batman, yeah. Yeah, it was kind of crazy. Justin:              It was a weird thing. Pete:                Yeah. Justin:              Then the very end, I liked the last couple pages, but I don't know what it means. Alex:                 The black and white? Justin:              Yeah. Alex:                 Yeah. Who even knows? No idea. Alex:                 Next up, Backtrack #10 from Oni Press, written by Brian Joines and illustrated by Jake Elphick. We've been following this title all along. This is the last issue, I believe, of this death race through time- Justin:              Yes, for now. Alex:                 For now, death race through time book. It ends on a little bit of a question mark note, but how'd you feel about how it wrapped up? Pete:                I really liked the emotional choices that were made in this. It's really interesting how great the relationships are. There's this insane race going on, but then as the story goes on, we get little pieces of people's lives in such an interesting way. I thought this was a great somebody sacrificing their wish for somebody else, a classic thing but done really well, kind of in the backdrop of Fast and the Furious. I think this is a great book from start to finish. I was really impressed with this insanity, but it was done in a way where you could follow. Justin:              Fun art. Cars. If there was one of us on this podcast that loves cars, you know it's JT Sizzle who is really always checking what's under the hood and kicking the tires. Alex:                 What?! Yeah, you're a real gearhead, man. Justin:              That's exactly right. This guy gets cars. That's why I mentioned a Ford truck earlier tonight on another podcast. Alex:                 Cool. Justin:              I agree. This is a fun… I did like the emotional- Alex:                 Do you just want to flex about how you do other podcasts, too? Justin:              With you. It's not a… It's with you. It's not a flex to say that. Justin:              I like the emotional turnaround we got at the end of this. It's fun. Alex:                 Yeah, good stuff. This is one that I think is going to read really well in trade in particular. Justin:              Yes. Alex:                 Moving on, Return of the Valkyries #1 from Marvel, written by Jason Aaron and Torunn Gronbekk, art by Nina Vekueva. As the title implies, this is Jane Foster, slowly, potentially building the Valkyries back up. In this case, she is ferrying the sentry to the Underworld after the events of King in Black and runs into some trouble. We start to bring in a character that is not exactly but very similar to Tess Thompson in the MCU and hook back up with her. As usual, they just do a great job of the Jane Foster book. This is more of the same. If you like that, you're going to like this. Justin:              Agree. I love the sentry stuff. There's so much nice, down-to-earth stuff where his life flashes before his eyes with the good parts. He remembers a good joke with his wife. Really good stuff. Pete:                Yeah, there's nothing like a good bit. You know? I think this is a lot of fun. A lot of cool stuff going on. Art's fantastic. Some good storytelling. Yeah, I think this is solid. Justin:              I really hope, when my life flashes before my eyes, it goes back to this moment, when I said that Yoda fucks. Alex:                 Getting It Together #4 from Image Comics, cowritten by Sina Grace and Omar Spahi, art by Jenny D. Fine and Sina Grace. This is also the last issue of this, at least for now. This issue, we get to watch one of our main characters travel out to LA, find her solo music career. Alex:                 I got to say, I like this last issue in the story. They told quite a bit, but I was bummed that it only included one of the main characters for the most part. Pete:                Agreed. Alex:                 Bless you, Pete. Pete:                Agreed. Yes, was very cool that we got this, but you did miss the rest of the band. You know? You did want to know what was going on with them. I think this is a great book, a cool take on what it's like to be in a band, where all these people with different ideas and what they want to do and how you manage that, but I think the art and the storytelling in this is just really nice. Justin:              I hear your criticism, Alex, but what I liked about this book in general is that it's about a time in your life ending or a time in these characters' lives ending. When that happens, especially when it's a group, when you're young and you have a group of friends, and everyone just sort of splits off and goes in their own separate way, I felt like it was spot-on to only follow one character, because that's what happens. Everyone falls away, and you then go on with your life. For this book, we ended up just following her as she went to LA and sort of sorted out her solo music career. I appreciate it, but I do agree. I wish there was more. It felt like it ended right when I wanted to just hear her just go. I hope they do more of this, because I really love the tone and the setting of this book and the humor, the way the characters are built. It's really good. Alex:                 I agree. Next up, The Vain #4 from Oni Press, written by Elliot Rahal, illustrated by Emily Pearson. In this issue, we're in the '60s with our vampire criminals. They are building up a cult. Some of them are on board with it. Some of them are not. Alex:                 It is wild to me how much this book jumps forward every single issue, time-wise. Justin:              Yeah. Yeah, it jumps around in a wild fashion. It's funny. I feel like we compared it to American Vampire a lot. It's just such a different-type book. The pacing's wildly different. I still like it. I like the way vampires are rising, then they're falling, then they're all killed. The story is just innovative takes on what being a vampire is. Alex:                 Yeah. Pete, what do you think about this one? Pete:                I'm not sure. It's okay. Alex:                 Thanks, Pete. Pete:                I liked other issues more than this one. I don't know what to tell you, man. Alex:                 Great. Thanks for coming on the podcast. Alex:                 Venom #32 from Marvel, written by Donny Cates, art by Iban Cuello. Here, we get to see what happens after Eddie Brock hits a car and dies. Turns out, Eddie Brock, his body is dead, mind not quite dead because he's part of the hive mind that has been created by Knull, the god of the Symbiotes, starts to fight back here in a certain way. What do you think about this? Pete:                I love the message here. When you're falling to your death, you

 Listen to us on Apple Podcast or Stitcher!Send us a message!Music by Mike. Check out his Soundcloud.In the filler episode of Under the Wheels, Matt and Gabe discuss Quibi, how Matt can't say Cerebus correctly, the legacy of Cerebus, the actual draw of Batman: The Killing Joke, an observation on the works of the late Stuart Gordon, a sidebar into the unrealized Honey I Shrunk the Kids sequels, a Rick Moranis Appreciation, Gabe's issue with the Superhero Movie Equivalent of 1950-60 (as well as the creepy age gap between some leading men and women), for some reason a long diatribe about musicals, John Lee Hancock (who Matt calls John Lee Miller for some reason), Gabe's famous "Tangential Biopic Theory" and why he hates it, an elongated discussion on The Natural, Greengrass's Greenzone, Jason Isaac's sometimes-regular radio appearances, a brief analysis of Neill Blomkamp, why the uncanny valley of practical effects look better than the uncanny valley of visual effects, the complete closure of any good movies coming out in theaters, a summary of some of the basic points of the novel Dune, Neal Adams Presents Hollow Earth Theory, Matt (once again) misses Gabe's metaphor completely, a small debate on positive, negative, and self help books, Athlete's relationship to God, quarterback talk, homosexuality in sports, and Matt's rant about the injustice of Zach Snyder's Justice League.Discussion Links:Quibi goes underDave Sim and CerebusGerhard Art - Excellent Background ArtistBatman: The Killing JokeBill Sienkiewicz - Fatman on BatmanKevin Nowlan on TwitterReanimator and From BeyondRick Moranis got Punched in New York?!?Funny FaceThe Rise and Epic Fall of the Hollywood Musical - Lindsay EllisThe HighwaymenThe NaturalGreen ZoneElysiumBlissBatman OdysseyRussell KirkpatrickThe SecretFolding Ideas - The Snyder CutSpecial Edition - Some fun facts about Frank Sinatra:1. He learned how to skateboard in the 1970's2. He was married twice - his first wife died in the 1950's and he didn't remarry until the 1980's (though his wife was 45 years younger than him at the time)3. He was so nuanced that he recorded the same dance sequence twice, on two different sets, and the two dances are almost identical movement-wise4. He never thought he was good enough and couldn't watch his routines on film5. He was to dance choreography as Hitchcock was to screenwriting - he rarely took credit but his influence was usually pretty large.6. To keep costs down on film shoots (since film is expensive) he would spend 2 or 3 weeks rehearsing and training so they could get the whole thing in only a few takes.[Credits Wikipedia]

Fecha de Grabación: Domingo 27 de septiembre de 2020Algunas de las noticias y temas comentados:Disney anunció ajustes en su calendario de estrenos en cine y les contamos las nuevas fechas de las cintas de Marvel Studios.Comentamos un poco acerca del trailer de WandaVision.Dan Didio se integra a los instructores de The Kubert School para dar un curso en línea.Suicide Squad ya generó su primer spinoff: HBOmax anunció que habrá serie de Peacemaker protagonizada por John Cena.¡Y mucho más...!Comentario de cómics:Detective Comics #1027, escrito por Peter J. Tomasi, Brian Michael Bendis, Matt Fraction, Greg Rucka, James Tynion IV, Kelly Sue DeConnick, Marv Wolfman, Grant Morrison, Tom King, Scott Snyder, Dan Jurgens y Mariko Tamaki, y dibujado por Brad Walker, David Marquez, Chip Zdarsky, Eduardo Risso, Riley Rossmo, John Romita Jr., Emanuela Lupacchino, Bill Sienkiewicz, Chris Burnham, Walter Simonson, Dan Jurgens, Kevin Nowlan y Dan Mora. (DC Comics)Dark Red, escrito por Tim Seeley y dibujado por Corin Howell, con color de Mark Englert. (Aftershock Comics)Pueden escuchar el Podcast a través del reproductor que está en la columna lateral del Blog o en este reproductor incrustado. Descarga Directa MP3 (Usar botón derecho del mouse y opción "guardar enlace como"). Peso: 84.6 MB; Calidad: 128 Kbps. El episodio tiene una duración de 01:32:02.Recuerden que ya está otra vez activa nuestra campaña en Patreon. Cada episodio del podcast se publica ahí al menos 24 horas antes que a través de los canales habituales, y cada mes grabamos un especial temático que es exclusivo de esta plataforma. Puedes sumarte a nuestros patreoncinadores™ con aportaciones desde 1 dólar al mes, y no existe un mínimo de tiempo para mantener su suscripción.También puedes encontrar el podcast en los siguientes agregadores y servicios especializados: Comicverso en SpotifyComicverso en iVooxComicverso en Apple PodcastsComicverso en Google PodcastsComicverso en Archive.orgComicverso en Overcast.fmComicverso en Pocket CastsComicverso en RadioPublicComicverso en CastBox.fm¿Usas alguna app o servicio que no tiene a Comicverso? En la barra lateral está el feed del podcast, mismo que puedes agregar al servicio de tu preferencia. Nos interesa conocer opiniones y críticas para seguir mejorando. Si te gusta nuestro trabajo, por favor ayúdanos compartiendo el enlace a esta entrada, cuéntale a tus amigos sobre nuestro Podcast, y recomiéndalo a quien creas que pueda interesarle. Hasta pronto.Deja tus comentarios o escríbenos directamente a comicverso@gmail.com

Dec Solicits New Comics Reviews: Detective Comics 1027 by Peter Tomasi, Dan Jurgens, Tom King, Grant Morrison, Scott Snyder, Dan Jurgens, Brian Michael Bendis, Kelly Sue DeConnick, Matt Fraction, Greg Rucka, Mariko Tamaki, James Tynion IV, Marv Wolfman, Lee Bermejo, Chris Burnham, Jamal Campbell, Emanuela Lupacchino, David Marquez, Dan Mora, Ivan Reis, Eduardo Risso, Walt Simonson, Brad Walker, Chip Zdarsky, Riley Rossmo, John Romita Jr., Andrew Hennessy, Kevin Nowlan, Joe Prado, Bill Sienkiewicz, Hi-Fi, Jordie Bellaire, Tamra Bonvillain, Nathan Fairbairn, Marcelo Maiolo, Laura Martin, Trish Mulvihill, Ivan Plascencia, Arif Prianto, Alejandro Sanchez Catwoman 25 by Ran V, Juan Ferreyra, John Paul Leon, Fernando Blanco, Ivan Plascencia Amazing Spider-Man: The Sins of Norman Osborn by Nick Spencer, Federico Vincentini, Edgar Delgado Giant Size X-Men: Storm by Jonathan Hickman, Russell Dauterman, Matt Wilson Immortal Hulk 0 by Bill Mantlo, Peter David, Al Ewing, Mike Mignola, Adam Kubert, Mattia De Iulis Iron Man 1 by Christopher Cantwell, Cafu, Frank D'Armata Marvels Snapshots: X-Men by Jay Edidin, Kurt Busiek, Tom Reilly, Chris O'Halloran Stillwater 1 by Chip Zdarsky, Ramon K Perez, Mike Spicer Edgeworld 1 by Chuck Austen, Pat Oliffe, Lee Loughridge Danger Devil 1 by Tong Doug Wright, Joseph Haemmerle, Magnus Dry Foot 1 by Jarred Lujan, Orlando Caicedo, Warnia Sahadewa Goosebumps: Secrets of the Swamp 1 by Marieke Nijikamp, Yasmin Flores Montanez, Rebecca Nalty Heavy by Max Bemis, Eryk Donovan, Cris Peter Riptide: Draken 1 by Scott Chitwood, Danny Luckert You Look Like Death: Tales from the Umbrella Academy 1 by Gerard Way, Shaun Simon, I.N.J. Culbard, Nate Piekos Vampirella: Trial of the Soul 1 by Bill Willingham, Giuseppe Cafaro Additional Reviews: Frankenstein, White House Farm, Doctor Who: Supremacy of the Cybermen, Adult Life Skills, Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous,  News: Jonathan Majors cast as Kang for Ant-Man 3, another new Snyder creator-owned book, Leinil Francis Yu retires from interiors, WandaVision in 2020, Stumptown cancelled, Tatiana Maslany cast as She-Hulk, secret X-Men launch in December, Tom Hardy might be Bond, Emily Pearson, Archie goes day-and-date w/ Comixology Unlimited, SWORD by Ewing and Schitti, Peacemaker series by Gunn/Cena for HBO Max, all MCU movies pushed back to 2021, Supergirl cancelled, Harley s3 Trailers: Baby Yoda s2, WandaVision Comics Countdown: Stillwater 1 by Chip Zdarsky, Ramon K Perez, Mike Spicer Detective Comics 1027 by Peter Tomasi, Dan Jurgens, Tom King, Grant Morrison, Scott Snyder, Dan Jurgens, Brian Michael Bendis, Kelly Sue DeConnick, Matt Fraction, Greg Rucka, Mariko Tamaki, James Tynion IV, Marv Wolfman, Lee Bermejo, Chris Burnham, Jamal Campbell, Emanuela Lupacchino, David Marquez, Dan Mora, Ivan Reis, Eduardo Risso, Walt Simonson, Brad Walker, Chip Zdarsky, Riley Rossmo, John Romita Jr., Andrew Hennessy, Kevin Nowlan, Joe Prado, Bill Sienkiewicz, Hi-Fi, Jordie Bellaire, Tamra Bonvillain, Nathan Fairbairn, Marcelo Maiolo, Laura Martin, Trish Mulvihill, Ivan Plascencia, Arif Prianto, Alejandro Sanchez Thor 7 by Donny Cates, Aaron Kuder, Matt Wilson Head Lopper 13 by Andrew MacLean Money Shot 8 by Tim Seeley, Sarah Beattie, Rebekah Isaacs, Kurt Michael Russell Seven Secrets 2 by Tom Taylor, Daniele Di Nicuolo, Walter Baiamonte Marvel Snapshots: X-Men by Jay Edidin, Kurt Busiek, Tom Reilly, Chris O'Halloran Batman 99 by James Tynion IV, Jorge Jimenez, Tomeu Morey Finger Guns 5 by Justin Richards, Val Halvorson, Nalty, Esposito Once and Future 11 by Kieron Gillen, Dan Mora, Tamra Bonvillain

While Dave's CHASIN' THE BIRD has been delayed until October, you can still get your Chisholm fix with this earlier chat with Greg from March 17, 2017. Dave Chisholm may not have been in the comics industry long enough to achieve the 'rock star' status of someone like Jim Lee or Paul Pope, but in terms of creating both comics AND music, he's a band apart from just about every other creator out there. Because when you write and draw your own graphic novel (Instrumental from Z2 Comics), compose/perform a companion soundtrack to be released simultaneously WITH that graphic novel, AND have another full-length album of music from the band you front being released around the same time (Talking Under Water self-titled debut album on April 28th, 2017) . . . what other label is there? Decide for yourself after listening to this interview, where Greg talks with Dave about process both musical and sequential, the difficulty of getting the essence of sound across a silent medium, and more. Where else could you hear talk about Frank Quitely, Kevin Nowlan, and Brian Eno in the same discussion? And if that wasn't enough, you can hear of clips "Celebration" and "Death and the Narrator" (from "Instrumental"'s upcoming score) in the episode itself, PLUS the full "Celebration" track from the Multiversity Comics episode post page! BONUS: Here are the two other non-"Instrumental" pieces of music mentioned in the episode: "Tossing and Turning" from the Tossing and Turning EP by Talking Under Water   "Calligraphy" from Calligraphy by Dave Chisholm  Robots From Tomorrow is a weekly comics podcast recorded deep beneath the Earth's surface. You can subscribe to it via iTunes or through the RSS feed at RobotsFromTomorrow.com. You can also follow Mike and Greg on Twitter. Stay safe and enjoy your funny books. 

On today's Stack podcast: Iron Man #1, You Look Like Death: Tales From The Umbrella Academy #1, Batman #99, Thor #7, Stillwater #1, Detective Comics #1027, Goosebumps: Secrets of the Swamp #1, Giant-Size X-Men: Storm #1, Big Girls #2, Justice League #53, Seven Secrets #2, The Immortal Hulk #37, Dryad #5, Catwoman #25, Once & Future #11, X-Men #12, Faithless II #4, The Amazing Spider-Man: The Sins of Norman Osborn #1, and Head Lopper #13. SUBSCRIBE ON RSS, ITUNES, ANDROID, SPOTIFY, STITCHER OR THE APP OF YOUR CHOICE. FOLLOW US ON TWITTER, AND FACEBOOK. SUPPORT OUR SHOWS ON PATREON. Full Transcript: Alex:                 What is up y'all? Welcome to The Stack. I'm Alex. Justin:              I'm Justin. Pete:                I'm Pete. Alex:                 And on The Stack we talk about a bunch of comics that have come out today. Pete:                Sure do. Alex:                 We review them, unless they're DC comics, those rap scallions, they come out on Tuesdays. They go out for 24 hours. You already know about them. Justin:              Yes, but you can read them today. You can read comics whenever you want. That's the freedom of the comic book industry. Alex:                 Right. And if you break into writer's brain, you can read comics that haven't even been made yet, man. You know what I'm talking about? Justin:              Yes. I know what you mean by breaking into a writer's brain too. You talk about with like a hammer? Alex:                 Yeah, man. But six feet away, keep your safe distance. Let's get into this because I don't know where I was going. Pete:                Wait, what? Yeah, what the fuck. Alex:                 I don't know where I was going with this, Pete. Iron Man, number one from Marvel written by Christopher Cantwell, art by Cafu. This is, as you can imagine, another new start for Iron Man, a back-to-basic start after the big robot war. And this book spends quite a bit of time with Tony Stark, the man, before it puts him in a classic Iron Man costume, throws him up against a new, old threat. What'd you think about this book? How'd you feel about this versus the last couple of years in Tony's life? Justin:              I don't know if I'd call it an Iron Man costume, but other than that I think this is a fun book. I feel like Tony Stark is popping a little bit more here. He feels a little bit on his own, less tied up in a sort of the galaxy brain, worried about everything, stuff that he's mostly been in for the last few years and more just like the guy who puts on the suit. Pete:                It's nice to see him not being a robot or a dead version of himself or whatever it is. It's nice to see Tony being Tony, but there's a lot of interesting things in this comic. I didn't really get past the sad girl playing her violin outside of an Apple store and then asked to leave where she was crying and walking away, that was fucking heartbreaking, man. That was cold as ice. But I'm interested to see what happens. The problem is what I didn't like was there was this moment where it was just like the movie where Tony Stark's like, “Oh yeah.” And then someone comes out to him at a party and was like, “Hey Tony, I got this thing to pitch you.” And he's like, “Yeah, yeah, yeah, later.” And then that person becomes the villain. And that was like we saw that in this comic as well. And I was like, “Well, it's kind of played out, but all right, I'll see what's up.” Alex:                 But it plays out differently, right? Because he turns around to the guy- Pete:                A little differently. Alex:                 I mean, that's a classic Iron Man, Tony stark scenario. What I liked about this book is I spent most of the running time thinking we were going to be running out of time that I was like, “Jesus, why are they spending so much time on Tony Stark out of armor? Get to it already, you're going to run out of the page length here. But this was well paced. It was well thought out and they clearly gave it a little bit of extra time to breathe. You could spend time with Tony Stark before putting him in an action scenario. I don't know if it's going to pay out with the page length every issue necessarily like that, but it's refreshing and nice. Like you were saying Justin, to see him on a back-to-basics level, Tony stark, because we haven't really seen that in a very, very long time. Justin:              Yeah. Reading this I was like, “Oh yeah, he used to be sort of a dude who dealt with his own stuff. And now he's been trapped in the Neanderthal age in a cave for a while.” Also a couple more details I love, Terrax as a villain. One of my favorite villain characters, cosmic villains, who you don't see hardly ever, like cool acts, cool look, cool looking dude. And I love the triangle shield in the first couple of pages and the Iron Man armor. Alex:                 I agree. Good stuff. Art by Cafu as well, yes. Pete:                Yeah. The art was great. The moment where he, spoiler alert, flies through a helicopter blade was pretty bad ass. Alex:                 Yeah. All very cool stuff. Let's move on and talk about You Look Like Death: Tales from the Umbrella Academy, number one, from Dark Horse Comics, story by Gerard Way and Shaun Simon, art and colors by I.N.J. Culbard. This of course does not have the regular artists Gabriel Ba on Umbrella Academy. And that's because- Pete:                Yeah, what the fuck. Alex:                 Hold on. You can probably tell from the title, this is a spinoff. This is a side story focusing on Klaus as he gets kicked out of the Umbrella Academy and heads off to Hollywood. Man, there's just a lot of fun. You got to love this, Klaus high on drugs. Justin:              You know Alex is going to love this. The original Klaus head. Alex:                 I love Klaus. I also love going back to the Umbrella Academy after being so deep into the show with Umbrella Podcademy our Umbrella Academy podcast, to revisit the characters in the original format. It's like, “Oh right, Kraken's actually a badass and not just a sad sack. That's nice to see, that's fun.” Justin:              Yeah. What's your favorite type of hero, bad-ass or sad sack? Alex:                 Great question. It's very much a toss up. Pete, you got to love the vampire buggy, right? Pete:                Yeah. [crosstalk 00:05:44]. That was really fun. First of, [crosstalk 00:05:47]. Justin:              Wait, hold up, Why'd you go to Pete for the vampire monkey? Alex:                 Because I was reading the book and I was like, “Pete's going to hate this, but he's going to like the vampire monkey.” Justin:              Is that true? Pete:                Well, I didn't hate it. I mean, what's upsetting is the father just kills me in this, just how cold this fucking dad is, it's hard to get past and it's just hammered all the time during the book, so it's tough. If this father had any compassion, these kids would have such a better chance in life, and it is just heartbreaking. Justin:              Pete shitting on fatherhood, going after the whole enterprise. Pete:                That's right. Just you guys better fucking get your shit together and fucking [crosstalk 00:06:33]. Alex:                 I just kicked out my son. I told him he was cut off. Justin:              Wow. Alex:                 He headed to Hollywood. He got crazy high. Justin:              Nice. He's going to love it out there. Pete:                Yeah. Anyways, Klaus is fun. It's nice to revisit this a little bit, but I like Gabriel Ba. Justin:              Are you crying, Pete? I love, the art really pops in this, especially once the story moves out to the West coast, I feel like the scenes are really great, really fun. Great all around. Alex:                 Yeah. Let's move on then to Batman number 99 from DC Comics written by James Tynion IV and art by Jorge Jimenez. This is the I think penultimate chapter of the Joker war storyline- Justin:              It seems that way. Alex:                 … this is the Joker has basically destroyed Gotham city, taken over Bruce Wayne's fortune. Finally Batman and the crew are fighting bad Batman by appealing to his family saying, “I messed up, get back together with me all. Let's take this town.” Catwoman meanwhile is attacking financially trying to get the funds back. Man, this is the stuff that happens in this issue. And I almost don't want to spoil it, but particularly towards the end made me exclaim out loud. There are two moments towards the edge of the issue that I went, “Haha,” just like that, out loud. What'd you guys think about it? Pete:                Well, I was really … This is a lot of fun. This book is great. Part of me does really want to kind of get back to the bat and cat stuff, that was kind of set up before this. So seeing them kind of a part is driving me crazy a little bit. But man, the whole start of this, like Joker rolling in his fucking limo, this is really insane to kind of see where things are right now. And it really does get you kind of like hyped for that and in such a great way. I mean the panels where Batman just kind of lands in front of the spot where he's supposed to be, so epic, so well done. I love this kind of show down kind of atmosphere that is being set up. And the reveal at the end was holy fucking shit. Justin:              Yeah. James Tynion is such a tactical writer. He comes at the full story and the individual scenes with different angles than we've seen before. We get to spend more time with the Joker than I feel like we get to see normally. Normally the Joker is just cackling and plotting against Batman. In this we get to see a little bit more of him doing the logistical bits of his plan, and then executing in the way leading up to that last page reveal. And that stuff is fun and smart and makes this story seem fresh despite the fact that we've been … I want to say drowning in Joker for the past couple of years. Alex:                 Yeah. Well that, and also that it is another Gotham city is in flames story, but it's still … which we've seen a million times. I don't know why anybody lives there, but to your point, it's still feels dangerous. It still feels like it could go either way at the end of the day. Great, great stuff. Pete:                Just before we move on, we were talking about some oh shit moments towards the end. But also some touching stuff that happens in this too just before Batman kind of gives his speech or right after it, someone gets a gift, very touching. Alex:                 You're talking about the Nightwing costume, right? Pete:                Yeah, I am. I'm trying not to spoil it you fuck, but cool. Alex:                 Well, I mean, I think that's okay. We've already seen him in the costume several times because of the publishing schedule. But yeah, it's good bad family staff, James Tynion gets it. It works really well. This is a great issue. We went on to another one, Thor number seven from Marvel Comics written by Donny Cates and art by Aaron Kuder. This is pick it up after the death of Galactus last issue. And Thor's big vision, that some bad things are coming not just his way, but the Marvel universe's way. And he is throwing [inaudible 00:10:52] down on Broxton once again, because he feels like he is not worthy to pick it up. Turns out more people might be worthy to pick it up. As usual Donny Cates just find some fun, unique angles on his characters. And I love Aaron Kuder's art so much, just I love it. Every time it's just a pleasure to see his name. Pete:                Yeah. It's very enjoyable. The art is fantastic. Sorry, Justin, I didn't mean to cut you off. Justin:              No, please, it's your time to shine. Pete:                Well, this is such a fun back and forth between Tony and Thor that I love very much. Yeah, this is what a cool kind of setup for this new kind of arc. Very excited to see where this goes. A little kind of twist on the unworthy. But I'm very much on board and it's also great to see the kind of blanking on his name there [crosstalk 00:11:55]. Yeah, thank you. I'm just going to say horse Thor. Justin:              Speaking of Beta Ray Bill, when he takes his helmet off that dude's fucked. Alex:                 It's weird. Scary. Very weird. Yeah. I don't like it. He looks much less like a horse without his helmet. Justin:              Yeah. And much more like a nightmare that I'm going to have tonight. I mean, this book reminded me of a conversation we've had a lot about Batman. Thor is a character that is often pretty serious. Like God dealing with God level things speaking in very heightened language, yet Donny Cates finds a way to make this fun. There's a lot of humor here and that Thor can play around, something we've been talking about a lot lately with Batman is like, why does it always have to be doom and gloom, there's room in our ability as fans to take two sides of a character, someone who takes their job seriously, but also likes to play around a little bit with his friends. And this book does a great job of keeping the action fun, the stakes high, I mean two issues ago, everything was hell. And now here we are where we're having fun with words on [inaudible 00:13:04]. Pete:                Yeah, just leave words on the hammer, man. Alex:                 Words on the hammer, that's what I always say. Moving on to one that I know Justin is super psyched about, Stillwater number one from Image Comics written by Chip Zdarsky and art by Ramon K. Perez. Now this is a bit of a spoiler because they only eventually get around to it in the second half of the book, but it is the concept of the book is about a guy who loses his job, gets an inheritance or so he thinks, that brings him to the small town of Stillwater. And it turns out in the small town of Silverwater, nobody ever dies. Things get darker from there. Justin, talk about this book a little bit. Justin:              I mean the art by Ramon K. Perez is so good. I love his work on everything that he does. I think the first book that really caught my eye he did was I think called Tale of Sand, I want to say, based on a Jim Henson script. And great book and this just art really shines. The story itself reminded me a lot of Lovecraft Country actually, the first two episodes of that, except with none of the race elements and it's just sort of spoiled white dudes doing the … going on a similar journey. But the way the story ends is exciting and curious what the next move is, if that make sense. Pete:                Yeah, this is the new like, hey, I'm a prince, and if you send me money I'll send you money tenfold. When you get the letter that somebody died and there's inheritance, you don't fall for that. All right. That's a trap. It's clear. If you didn't know that person- Alex:                 Wait, sorry. Pete, did you just say somebody died and left me money? Let me know where I need to go to pick it up. Pete:                Oh, okay, well you got to go to Stillwater. Justin:              And let me say on the other side, Pete, your rich great uncle did die and you have to go get that money. You can't just leave that hanging there just because you're scared. Pete:                I'm not going to fall for that, all right. It's some creepy town where- Alex:                 No, I back up what Justin is saying, this is true and accurate. And if you give us $50 right now, we'll tell you where to go. Pete:                Oh, okay. All right. Well, I'll just Venmo you guys then. Alex:                 Yeah, that sounds great. Actually, you know what might be easier is if you gave us your credit card number. Pete:                Oh okay, sure. Yeah, why don't I give it to you right over here? Alex:                 All right, go ahead. Pete:                Five, five, five, five, five. Justin:              It is weird it's all fives. It is crazy. Pete:                Yeah. Alex:                 Wait, actually I had a question just to step back. Thor, I didn't try this yet. The phone number he puts down on me on [inaudible 00:15:52] for Tony, that's just like a regular two on two number, right? That's pretty weird. Justin:              Yeah, let me, I guess you're right here. Two, one, two, nine, seven, zero, four, one, three, three. Alex:                 Ooh, I don't get any phone service down here. You want to give it a call? Justin:              Yeah, I'll give it a call. Alex:                 Okay. That sounds great. Pete:                Oh man, that's exciting. Alex:                 Yes. Meanwhile, I'll talk about Stillwater. This reminded me a little bit of Revival, the Tim Seeley book, just in terms of concept, which is a great book that everybody should check out. It does feel a little more [inaudible 00:16:26] and a little more focused on this character. I'm also sure Chip Zdarsky is aware of revival and trying to do something different in that. But I'm curious to see how it delineates itself from that going on, just in terms of the pure people coming back to life. You're about to call the number Justin? Justin:              Yes. We have not planned this, so we truly have no idea what's going to come up here. Alex:                 There's going to be an old lady that's going to be like, “Hello.” Speaker 4:        Yes, this is Iron Man. However, due to some big blonde jerk, I no longer use this number. But hey, nice try anyway. For all things Tony stark, please visit www.tonystarkironman.com, and try and stay safe out there, yeah. I'm busy enough as it is. Alex:                 Ah, that's fun. Justin:              Is that Downey? Alex:                 That's cool. Maybe. Justin:              It could be, it sounds like him. Alex:                 Yeah. Fun stuff. Good [inaudible 00:17:22] comic books. Pickup Stillwater number one, moving on to, this is going to be a mouthful, are you ready? Detective Comics number 1027 from DC Comics. This isn't an anniversary issue, so it's a bunch of stories. It is written by Peter J. Tomasi, Brian Michael Bendis, Matt Fraction, Greg Rucka, James Tynion IV, Kelly Sue DeConnick, Marv Wolfman, Grant Morrison, Tom King, Scott Snyder, Dan Jurgens and Mariko Tamaki. And the art is by Brad Walker, David Marquez, Chip Zdarsky, Eduardo Risso, Riley Rossmo, John Romita Jr., Emanuela Luppachino, Chris Burnham, Walter Simonson, Ivan Reis, Kevin Nowlan and Dan Mora. Justin:              You read so fast, it sounded like you said Snot Snyder. Pete:                It did sound like Snot Snyder. Alex:                 Oh man, thank you for picking on the thing that I screwed up out of 20 names. Justin:              Alex, I just wanted to say, you really nailed it when you said Peter J. Tomasi, Brian Michael Bendis, Matt Fraction, Greg Rucka and the rest. Alex:                 I like this package. I know we talk a lot about short story [inaudible 00:18:30], this is like- Pete:                Justin loves talking about nice packages. Justin:              Wow. Alex:                 This is a good set of Batman stories. I was fully prepared to be like, “Yeah, I don't know, I like this one.” But I like most of them. Justin:              Yeah. No, it was hard to pick a favorite as well. I really liked the masterclass story was a good use of the bat family where everyone really got to pop for a second. The Grant Morrison detective number 26 story was like- Alex:                 So funny. Justin:              So fun. And I was like, “Oh, Grant Morrison. Yes. I haven't seen that Grant Morrison in quite a while.” Where it's just like finds a little fun bit and just needles it into a story. Alex:                 I mean, I'll mention with the idea of the story is as you can figure out, it's the guy who came to the issue before Batman and he's already to be the next big vigilante. He's going to be the silver ghost. He has the whole plan. He has his origin story. He has his motivation, everything. And then he goes out of his first mission and he sees Batman and he's like, “Ah, shit.” Justin:              This guy's got good branding, good ears. Alex:                 To your point it's great, I want more of that out of Grant Morrison. I don't need crazy musical notes from Superman saving the universe anymore, just give me that fun stuff. He did that on Klaus as well at least at the beginning where it's just the simple idea of what if Santa was battle Santa. That's great, more of that fun stuff. Pete, which ones did you like? What are you into? Pete:                I really loved the fraction happy returns, the Rocco rookie story was really great that we've had an eye on you was a awesome moment. Justin:              That was cool. Pete:                Love the shout-out to the old costume and generations fractured and the Dan Mora art and the gift, yes please, just fantastic. Alex:                 Yeah. Just such a good package across the board. Pete:                It really is. It's one of those ones where you're like, “All right, a collection,” but then you're like, “Holy shit, this is worth it.” Alex:                 Yeah, pretty much every story is good. The art is great, definitely pick this up. Next step, Goosebumps: Secrets of the Swamp, number one from IDW written by Marieke Nijkamp, and art by Yasmin Flores Montanez. This is a new story, I guess, set in the Goosebumps universe. This is honestly something that is very much out of my wheelhouse. I never read Goosebumps as a kid or anything like that. But it's about a kid who is a gamer. She has one prosthetic arm, so clearly she feels uncomfortable about going outside. But she meets another friend who's a prominent gamer and they begin exploring their town that has some spooky monsters in it. What'd you think about this book? Pete:                Well, yeah, I'm not really a big Goosebumps head, but I really like the start of this. This is a solid first issue. Does a great job of introducing interesting characters and then throwing into a shit show. And I understand like you look up to some hero, somebody you admire and they're like, “Oh yeah, kid, you want to roll with me? Guess what? We're going out into the nightmare that is this world.” Alex:                 And I appreciate you explaining all ages, mostly kids book as throwing them into a shit show. Pete:                Well, what would you call that fucking swamp land that they live in? Justin:              There's nothing wrong with swamp. Pete:                I'm not saying that, but the swamp with monsters- Justin:              What's so scary about a swamp, Pete? Because it feels it's moist. Pete:                No, they have straight up monsters in their fucking swamp. Justin:              But you seemed like hung up on the swamp. Pete:                You're the one hung up [crosstalk 00:22:03]. Alex:                 Fill the swamp, fill the swamp. Justin:              That is what you always cheer. Even your time cheerleading at Cornell University, you were a huge fill the swamp. Alex:                 See you, go big red. Pete:                Oh my God. Justin:              Just building out some of our background on the show. I liked this a lot, I also didn't read Goosebumps, so I don't know what Goosebumps brings to this story. It's just like a creepy story I guess, the branding on it, because this story of these people coming together sort of through gaming and then the gaming becoming real. And then they go on the swamp to face a monster, could stand on its own in a fun way. Pete:                Yeah, it's a fun- Alex:                 [crosstalk 00:22:51] a story, like you said, I like the character, so I wanted a little more out of the story. But I feel like obviously we're going to get that in the second issue. Pete:                Issue two is a good spot to look for that. Justin:              Yeah. Wait for it. Alex:                 There you go. Let's move on to another one, Giant-Size X-Men: Storm, number one from Marvel, written by Jonathan Hickman and art by Russell Dauterman. Now we have talked incessantly, but these Giant-Size X-Men books about what is going on here, these seem like half finished stories. What is happening? Well, [inaudible 00:23:21] as one might say. Pete:                Nope. Alex:                 No, but I would not say that. This issue- Pete:                I also wanted to say though that this Jordan D. White said that this issue would change things for Storm forever. So there was a lot of hype going into this issue. Justin:              Well, and can you pinpoint what that is? Pete:                Yeah. Justin:              What? Pete:                Turns out Storm is sick and she's got some things going on, and it makes me very sad. Justin:              Well, but she- Alex:                 No. Justin:              But she's cured by the end, spoiler. Pete:                Yeah. Is she though? Because it seems like that demon they pulled out of her is just going to grow. Alex:                 The only thing that I was going to say, just to kind of finish up the thing that I was saying that we can turn over to the rest of it, is this is finally bringing together some threads specifically from the Giant-Size X-Men issues. We get the Nightcrawler one, which focused a little bit on Cypher. We get the Storm one obviously which, or I guess it was the Jean Grey one maybe- Justin:              I think so. Alex:                 I honestly don't remember. Whatever it was, it was a Storm story and they're finally picking up on that. And we also get the [inaudible 00:24:31] one picking up with that as well and started to loop all of these disparate threads together. Justin, what did you think about this? Because you've been very, critical is probably the wrong word, but I would say dubious at least about [crosstalk 00:24:44]. Justin:              Yeah, surprised just in general that these have been sort of off the main character standalone stories or seemingly standalone stories. But to your point where you were just saying, I do think this amounts to a lot, it feels like, I don't know if maybe it's faded in our minds because of how much has happened in the X universe since the Dawn of X. But so much of those first issues were about sort of the artificial intelligence that will eventually destroy not only the mutants but the humans and be the real enemy. If humans and mutants can get over their shit and face AI. Justin:              And it feels like maybe this is the moment where it starts. That being in the world which the whole premise of the world is that it accelerates time, it accelerates evolution. They pull this techno organic virus that Storm picked up in a recent issue where they went into … what is the place they went into? Alex:                 The orcas, I think. Justin:              Yeah. Orcas and The Children of the Vault is what I was trying to think of. And she pulls this techno organic virus, The Children of the Vault also a hyper evolving hyper time place, and takes it to this other even more pocket dimension where the time extends, it happens even faster. And I think that is the AI evolution that will eventually lead to some of the real monsters that the X-Men face in the Dawn of X issues. And the people we have at the end of this issue, sort of being there are Phantom X, Phantom X's sort of twin, I guess. And then a random dude from AIM. Alex:                 Yeah. And the other thing that's kind of messed up about it, particularly as of a fan of the character is Cypher and Warlock seem to know what's going on and seem to be kind of cool with it, which is not great. There's definitely been some weird, potentially dangerous stuff going on with Cypher and Warlock over the course of this entire run. And that certainly seems to be the clearest tip of the hat to what's happening here. So yeah, I 100% agree with you, Justin. This is like, I think the important thing, it's surprising you said Storm, because I think the important thing is to the overall plot of what is happening with the X-Men line since the very beginning, versus necessarily Storm. Justin:              Yeah. It feels like a bigger thing. That's why I always say, “Don't trust the guy that speaks all the languages.” He's up at the bar, he's talking to the bartender, ordering you a weird drink because he knows too much. Alex:                 But yeah, good issue. Particularly if you've been reading these Giant-Size X-Men books, if you've read House of X and Powers of X, you really like those. I think this is a good thing to pick up on to kind of get potentially the ongoing story. Let's move out to Big Girls Number two from Image Comic story and art by Jason Howard. I think we were pretty into but a little reserved on the first issue of this book, takes place in a post apocalyptic world where women grow to gigantic size, men also grow to gigantic size, but become monsters and are attacking one of the last remaining cities. We've been following one of the so-called Big Girls who was fighting back against them. We get more fleshed out about the world, this issue. I like this issue a lot more personally, because of the details and the nuance that it added. How'd you guys feel? Pete:                Yeah, this is good because it's like, all right, now we're kind of really getting understanding of who's who, where's what type of situation. Justin:              Who's big, who's little. Pete:                Yeah. Men are monsters, women are saving the world, it's great. I do think though that the kind of reveal at the end is really what's going to kind of take this concept and kind of push it. But the art's great, the action's phenomenal. It's a interesting world, so I'm excited for more. But I'm glad that and agree with Zalben that issue too kind of like solidify things a little bit better. Justin:              Yeah, I agree. I mean, it's nice to sort of, like you're saying, Pete, see the sides of where everyone is. We have our main character who's a little bit dubious about the status quo. And then we have this sort of rebel faction in the back half that is maybe- Pete:                Also I was a little worried about how slow that one main character was to pull the trigger to save that other person's life there. I was like, thought that would be a bigger issue and might come back. Alex:                 We'll have to see what happens. Justin:              I love the double page spread in the middle of the book of our main Big Girl being operated on, and sort of repaired like really- Pete:                Oh yeah, that was fun, some of the like- Justin:              Cowgirl as she's known. Pete:                Yeah. Alex:                 Very Gulliver in that moment. Pete:                Yeah, Gulliver, and I was going to say like, Fraggle Rock reminded me of the dozers a little bit. Alex:                 Yeah. [crosstalk 00:29:49]. Justin:              You say Fraggle Rock a lot, just in general. Pete:                Down at Fraggle Rock. Down at Fraggle Rock. Alex:                 Down at Fraggle Rock. Justin:              That's not a criticism, that's just an open ended statement. Pete:                Every time I walk by a construction society, I want to take a bite out of it, what? Justin:              Every time I walk past a pile of garbage, I want to talk to you. Pete:                Yeah. Justin:              You walk past a construction site and you're like, “What up dozers?” And they're like, “Get the fuck out of here.” Alex:                 We're trying to build radishes here, come on. Justice League number 53 for DC Comics written by Joshua Williamson and art by Xermanico. This is tying into Dark Nights: Death Metal. This arc is called Doom Metal, and focuses on one mission of … I think it's fair to call them sub Justice League members, slash- Justin:              Woo, spicy. Alex:                 Yeah, I'm sorry. [crosstalk 00:30:43]. Justin:              Shots fired. Alex:                 It's Detective Chimp. It's hot girl. She's a member of the Justice League. But they are going after Perpetua's throne. Pete, you raised your hand, what would you like to say? Pete:                I would say cute start, what a touching adorable start. Little Robin trying to sneak up on Batman [inaudible 00:31:05]. Justin:              Great. I guess I agree with Pete technically. But I do like- Pete:                I mean the POV angles, it really was a kid looking up at these heroes. I thought that was such great attention to detail that really gives- Alex:                 This really is not helping my theory that you don't read beyond the first page or two, Pete. Pete:                Okay, fine. Justin:              That's one conspiracy theory I can get behind. Pete:                How about they born on a Doomsday panel that was later your dick, that was awesome. Alex:                 I mean that was page four. Justin:              Oh, he's flipping through the book right now. Alex:                 How about this thing at the last page that I just looked at. Justin:              Yeah. You see this UPC code on the back cover? Woo, did not see that coming. That's how you buy the book, they scan it. Alex:                 What were you going to say, Justin? Justin:              Ah, yes. I thought Pete was going to have a slight rebuttal. Pete:                No, I'm just enjoying how much you guys enjoy shooting holes in everything I'm trying to do. Justin:              Trying to do? Alex:                 Oh man. Justin:              What are you going to do? Pete:                I don't know, give my opinion, but apparently it's not good enough because it only is stuff that happens in the beginning. Alex:                 It's a very good opinion. It's a very good opinion. I'm just doing a classic comic book club La Zalben. Justin:              That's why they call him Alex La Zalben. I agree with Pete. There's a lot of fun of this book. I love this sort of … it feels like a side quest in a fantasy game or a fantasy series in a fun way. I could read a lot of this Death Metal stuff for maybe a long time. It's fun. [crosstalk 00:32:48]. Alex:                 It's surprising, right? Justin:              Yeah. Alex:                 Because it's silly. Pete, you did bring up the born on a Doomsday, [inaudible 00:32:56] who are also Doomsdays, it's the sort of thing where you get to this point you're like, “This is so stupid, but it works at the same time.” It's just mashing your toys together, that's all it is. But they're having such a good time with it. It's fun to read. Justin:              Aaron and Garney arm falls off, you put a Doomsday on. Alex:                 Exactly. All right. Let's move on to Seven Secrets number two from Boom! Studios written by Tom Taylor and art by Daniele di Nicuolo. We really like the first issue of this though. I think there's a little criticism from some of us about the end perhaps being a little confusing or not sure where it was going necessarily. But it is about a world where there's a secret society. They hold seven secrets. We're focusing on one character who's part of that, who is the son of two of the characters who hold two of those secrets. At least one of those characters dies in the last issue. And that there's a big villain who's trying to take them all down. We flash back this issue and get an origin. I thought not only was this issue great, but the cliffhanger was superb. One of the best that I've read in a really long time, the last sentence of the book, and made me even way more into this book than I was before. Pete:                Wow. I read that like last part and was like, “Oh man, that's more heartbreaking than we need. You didn't need to do that at the end.” But I agree, this is information that we needed and it's important. Moving forward I'm glad they kind of took a breath to give us this kind of flashback type of thing. Yeah, I'm really into this book now. This issue got me more hyped about it. Justin:              Yeah. Especially in an issue that felt like he was laying a lot of groundwork, it felt like sort of an exposition issue. A lot of like sort of drama in the King's court style drama. And then to end on that emotional, just build up to that last panel was really well done. Pete:                I can't even look at … I'm sorry. Alex:                 No. All I was going to say was that I'd be really fascinated to hear how Tom Taylor structured this, because it almost feels like you have this very Harry Potter sort of training section that potentially would come first. Then you go out to the inciting incident, which is the thing where the society gets messed up. And then you follow through from there, but he flipped it. He went from first issue, the second issue and he reversed the order of them and it works so well, it's very, very smart. Justin:              Yeah. The words I was trying to come up with earlier were palace intrigue. This issue is so much palace intrigue, and ending on a real strong emotional beat. Pete:                I was just going to say that I can't look at a gold little ducky without getting choked up anymore. Alex:                 Oh man, sad stuff. Let's move on to something that probably creeps you the fuck out, Pete, the Immortal Hulk number 37 from Marvel- Pete:                Oh, Jesus Christ. Alex:                 … written by Al Ewing Alan and art by Joe Bennett. The door is finally open. We finally know who the big villain of this book is. It's the leader of course. Pete:                Yeah, of course it is. Alex:                 Or maybe it is. There might be something behind that. But the leader is looking to manipulate the green door the way that the Hulk and other gamma radiated heroes have been resurrected constantly, hence the Immortal Hulk of the title. While the Hulk is outside fighting in the real world, the leader is inside this hellscape or whatever is going on there. He has taken over Rick Jones. He has taken over … who's the second one he's taken over? I don't remember. Oh, he's taken over the irradiated guy, whatever the irradiated guy from the early on the run. Pete:                Yeah, from the [crosstalk 00:36:57]. Alex:                 And there's nobody else that he's taken over as well that he hits at, we don't know who that is yet. But, oh God, I cannot say enough about how terrifying it is to read every issue of this book. Pete:                Yeah, it's too much, man. It's too much. It's gone too far. It's gone too far. Justin:              I love this book and the way, the sense of dread that's been building from issue one and it just keeps extending to end, not only with the writing, but the art, despite all of the body, just disaster that's happening on all these pages. You still get references too older Hulk artists. The last page feels like right out of the Hulk history, and so much of it, it feels just so big, every issue big and horrifying, just like I want everything to be. Alex:                 This is a very meta way of looking at it, but it is very exciting to be reading an all timer. You don't get that often when you're reading a book, but you read this book and you're like, “This is a Hulk run that people are going to talk about for decades.” This is going to be talked about in the same breath as Peter David's run, as the original run, as all these other classic runs of a Hulk and other characters. And I don't know how this is going to add up, I don't know where this could go. But being in the middle there between Al Ewing's writing and Joe Bennet's art, which is like Cronenberg-esque in exactly the right way. It's very exciting to read every issue of this book. Pete:                Yeah, 100%. Alex:                 Great. Thanks. Glad you agree, Pete. Just [inaudible 00:38:50], no thanks. Pete:                Well, I mean, I'm glad you guys are having fun. Alex:                 That's nice. Justin:              Pete's scared. Pete:                This is a horror book with one of my favorite characters, so you guys enjoy your time, I'll wait until we get Hulk. Justin:              Is there another book you could read where the Hulk does something like, I don't know, like smash. Pete:                No, I don't think there is. [crosstalk 00:39:13]. Alex:                 Dryad number five from Oni Press written by Kurtis Wiebe illustrated by Justin Osterling. I'll give a little pluggy plug here. Go check out our bonus episode where we talk to the team behind this book in the comic book club feed, it was a blast and a pleasure to talk to them about the last issue of the book, as well as the run. But Dryad number five, we have our main characters now in the city, they are battling folks, they are trying to figure out what's going on, the kids have no idea. There's a big twist as usual towards the end of this issue. What'd you think about this one? Justin:              This book continues to go its own way. You cannot predict the storytelling here and it's fully into sci-fi, big sci-fi, Blade Runner-esque, corporate intrigue. And did not see that coming, curious with some still fantasy elements popping through. But it's one of the few books I feel like we read where it's like, “I have no idea where we're headed.” Pete:                Yeah. It's very interesting. Each issue is kind of like its own thing, and what's great is you don't know what you're going to get when you pick up this book, but it continues to tell a story just somehow more creatively in different ways. It's impressive to kind of see this thing move forward. I continue to be impressed by the art and the storytelling. This one, we get a lot more action. And then some of the stuff that Zalben likes at the end, but like it's … Alex:                 What does that mean? Pete:                You know what I'm talking about, that hot tub shit at the end, got a little weird that you're into. Alex:                 What? No, come on, Pete. I mean, that was pretty hot. Justin:              I mean, I love a hot tub. I wish there was another book you were talking about [crosstalk 00:41:07]. Alex:                 You know what's best about that is the hot tub scene. The hot tub scene being cut between the guy who had his legs blasted off, I was like, “Fuck yeah. Give me more of that, inject that into my veins.” No, it was good, that was fine. That was a good Ted scene and fleshed out more about the world, but I'm way more into what's going on with the kids and what's happening at the end. Great, great stuff. Alex:                 Catwoman number 25 from DC Comics written by Ram V, an art by Fernando Blanco. This is a bunch of different things. This is tying into the Joker War. Almost an essential chapter of it, as we find out what Catwoman does with Bruce Wayne's money. But also setting up a new classic status quo for Catwoman that I thought was great. I like this book across the board. I had a little burp there at the end, I'm sorry. Justin:              How dare you. Pete:                Okay. I really love the amazing flashback sequences with the kind of tiger stuff that was almost like this orangest type painting kind of thing, that was really cool. Plus the way they kind of drew the action with Catwoman was really a lot of fun, where you're kind of on the same page, you see her kind of doing different moves. To me that's kind of like old school comic book style and I really enjoyed that. Justin:              We talked about this a little- Pete:                I also burped at the end, that was weird. Justin:              That is weird you guys, gas management, gas management bros. Alex:                 Justin has covered for you. Justin:              No, I am fully in charge. Pete:                Oh God. Justin:              I think we talked about this a little bit earlier when we were talking about the Batman books. But I want some resolution on the Batman Catwoman relationship, because it feels like we've been in this space because of whatever happened with changing up the creative teams when they did. We're in this place where it's like, wait, she's just moving his money around and sort of not hanging out, what's the deal? Want to know about their relationship. But aside from that sort of unrelated bother, this was an essential chapter I think. Seeing Catwoman doing this makes you understand the main story a lot more for the Joker War. Alex:                 Yeah, I agree. All right. Let's move into a little part of the show. And this is the end of the show here, which I like to call the Pete sandwich. And the reason I call it the Pete Sandwich is because we got a book Pete really wants to talk about, three books Pete does not want to talk about, and then a book Pete wants to talk about. Pete:                Yeah, sandwich. Alex:                 Pull back the curtain a little bit. But let's get to it. Justin:              And the best way to eat a sandwich is you start with the piece of bread that you really like, then you eat the middle, and then you get to the other piece of bread, which is the other thing you really like. Pete:                Bread's nice, man. Sometimes nice, fresh bread makes everything better. Justin:              You just mash the sandwich bread first into your face and chew your way up. Alex:                 Whenever I go to a deli, I'm like, “Hey, I'll have a Italian Hero. Then take the Salami and the pepperoni and the Capocollo, you throw that out, [inaudible 00:44:20] you throw that out.” Justin:              Capocollo, I love it. Alex:                 You get rid of it. [crosstalk 00:44:24]. Justin:              Just some slightly oily bread. Alex:                 [crosstalk 00:44:28], no, you put it out there and you throw it out. I don't like it. Oil and vinegar, you throw it out. Once & Future number 11 from Booms! Studios written by Kieron Gillen and illustrated by Dan Mora. Holy shit, the end of this issue is fucking insane, not to curse too much. But they have been fighting Grendel of the Beowulf myth, they took care of Beowulf. This issue, they fight, they take care of Grendel. You can kind of see where this is going. You know where this is going. But the way Dan Mora draws this is so horrific and so perfect. This issue is great. I like this series anyway, but this is one of my favorite issues in a while. Pete:                Yeah. This is really just kind of back to what started this thing and made us love it so much, just unbelievable action. This amazing grandmother in the heart of it. I can't, I mean, if you don't like this book, I don't know what to tell you. This to me is great comics, unbelievable art, unbelievable storytelling. The action and violence is mwah, chef's kiss, just fantastic. I'm having so much goddamn fun with this book. Justin:              Yeah. Shout-out to our interview with Kieron Gillen, where we talked about this book a lot. Because it really informs a lot of the process and it makes it so much richer to read this book, hearing him talk about it. Because you get to see in this issue the story that they're sort of caught up in and fighting catch up with them simultaneously. It feels like they've been sort of alongside the story or ahead of the story a little bit. And this last panel, last couple of panels or pages, you really see the story come up and be like, you're done, we got you here. And that's really satisfying to see on top of the fact that it's just a great action story and sequence and wildly bloody in a fun way. Alex:                 Yeah. So good. This is just great. Let's move on to the … sorry, I got a little sick there even thinking about a Capocollo of the stack. X-Men number 12 from Marvel Comics written by Jonathan Hickman and art by Leinil Francis Yu. In this issue- Pete:                What the fuck? What the fuck is going on? Justin:              Uh-oh. He's in [crosstalk 00:46:58]. Alex:                 This is a classic. Pete:                No, no, no, no, no, this, okay, all right, fine. You're going to have fuck island, you're going to … you can't keep adding crazier shit on top of crazier shit. Alex:                 No, man. This is classic- Pete:                You have to deal with it, you can't keep just fucking adding crazy shit. Justin:              Can't you? Pete:                How did Hickman say … how did he pitch [inaudible 00:47:22]. Okay guys, I'm going to change X-Men forever. And just when you think it can't get crazier, I'm going to keep adding crazier … I'm not going to deal with that, I'm just going to keep going to crazy town and then walk away. Alex:                 The reason I said this was the Capocollo is because it has the surprising, sliced peppercorns in the middle where you're like, “Whoa, where did that come from?” Justin:              Woo, spicy. Alex:                 Yeah, classic X-Men book. As we all know, Apocalypse originally came from the dimension of our Rocco separate Island next door to- Pete:                What the fuck. Alex:                 That has since had sex with and enjoyed with [inaudible 00:47:59]. His grandchildren have kept on his legacy. There is the opposite of apocalypse, the evil apocalypse, because as we all know, the apocalypse is good now. Justin:              Famously heroic. Pete:                What is happening? Alex:                 I don't know. Pete:                This doesn't make any sense. Alex:                 This is definitely like, it's funny to read this after the past couple of the issues where Jonathan Hickman was like, “I don't know, [inaudible 00:48:26] is killing shit out of the moon or whatever,” I don't know what's going on. This is fun. They're just killing some plants. We're having a good time, isn't this fun? Pete:                Is he throwing darts at a board? Alex:                 Yeah, this is fun [crosstalk 00:48:35]. He's like, “Did you forget that I'm Jonathan Hickman?” [crosstalk 00:48:43]. Justin:              I think I can shout out everyone's favorite panel from this issue, for everyone's favorite page, excuse me. The info page sort of two thirds the way through where we list the [inaudible 00:48:54]. And it's an infographic where we find out about the summoners from the school of [inaudible 00:49:01], this world that we just invented and arrived at, and how you can either be a shitty summoner, a decent summoner or a kick ass summoner. And can summon Pete, this [inaudible 00:49:12] is fun. You can summon our hoard of elementals, and up to three major [inaudible 00:49:17]. Alex:                 It is wild that at the course of one issue Jonathan Hickman is like, “Oh yeah, Apocalypse had a wife and also a evil opposite Apocalypse who is going to kick off his Ten of Swords type thing or whatever, because there's all these powerful swords. It's not big deal. Anyway, let's go into a hole, it's all good.” And then it picked up this random game that he introduced and that got away from in the last issue is insane. Justin:              Yeah. And he's like, “Oh, don't worry. In case you're of worry this isn't an X-men book focused on the heroic X-Men, don't worry because we got Banshee and Unus the Untouchable coming along for the ride.” Alex:                 Also they're all mutants and one of their powers is to never lose, which is crazy. Justin:              That's a hell of a thing to say. Alex:                 Yeah. I mean, this is saying a lot. This was the most Jonathan Hickman issue of X-Men so far. Justin:              I mean, it's a full on fantasy story at this point. That's why I think this issue is a real, is pointing us to what Ten of Swords is going to be, and it's going to be this. It's going to be epic grand scale battles with people and places that we don't know too much about and may never.” Alex:                 But that's okay. Well, all I'm going to say is, I've been enjoying this enough and this has been crazy enough that I'm willing to follow them down this rabbit hole into your insaneville that I don't understand. Justin:              100%. Alex:                 But I also think … Hold on. Pete, I do want to hear what you have to say, but the only thing that I want to say is you think back to nineties, two thousands, X-Men they were like, “Oh yeah, there's a mega level mutants. Oh yeah, now there's externals.” All of these things that we 20, 30 years down the road are like, yes, yes, that's part of canon and I get that and I understand that. That's what they're doing right now. That's what he is doing is he's adding in these insane details to the X-Men Mythos that decades down the road we're going to be like, “Yes, I remember that. That is Arakko. That's what happens there.” Justin:              Alex, what are you crazy? Immortal mutants that don't know they're immortal that's normal. Ten Swords, that's insane. Can you imagine Ten Swords? Alex:                 You're right. I'm sorry. That's too bad. I apologize. Pete:                I just want to start by saying I'm not willing to follow them into this crystal anus that they're walking into. All right. This is too insane. It's not an X-Men book. I don't know what the fuck's going on anymore. Justin:              I guess I'm changing your birthday plans, Pete, because it's very similar to that. Pete:                Okay. Well, I have no idea what the fuck is happening, who fuck is doing what. Cool. I'm glad people are having fun, but wake me when the X-Men show up. Alex:                 I don't usually like to talk about further episodes of The Stack, but next week we're going to be reading Dawn of X of Swords, Enter the Crystal Anus number one. And I hope you're going to read it, Pete. Justin:              I have a feeling you're going to love it. I feel bad because the Crystal Anus is on my favorite bars in Brooklyn and it closed because of COVID. Pete:                Oh, it's too bad. Alex:                 All right, let's move on to the … let's say salami of this particular Stack. Faithless number two, number four- Pete:                Here we go. Alex:                 … from a Boom! Studios written by Brian Azarello and art by Maria Llovet. I feel like we were a little down on the last issue of Faithless. Justin, I'm talking specifically to you because Pete doesn't want to talk about this at all. This issue I thought was very good. This is, Faith finally shows off her art. She goes on a tour of Turin I believe, with maybe a demon or a fallen angel or something like that. Very weird, very dark. What were you going to say? Justin:              I was going to say, I feel like what we've been talking about is it feels like this book has been spinning its wheels for a couple of issues where it's like, “We get it. She's an artist.” There's all these like dark clouds gathering around her with demonic intentions. But I think this issue, especially the back half for the back third, we get sort of what the book is about a little bit. And it's about her being this conduit through sex to connect with ghosts and sort of use them in her art. And that feels, knowing that is great, is helpful to maybe giving her a power in the story to guide it as opposed to just be this innocent washed up in all this chaos. Alex:                 Yeah. I mean it's interesting because it's kind of a battle for her soul type thing, right? They've been pretty clear about that, it's [inaudible 00:54:12] et cetera. But you have this master artist who is coming in, who is encouraging to go further in the darkness, versus she has this guy who comes out of the devil's door, but he's good in a way, he inspires her to be better. But it's fascinating, this is … Pete, you must've loved this issue, right? Justin:              The devil's door was actually the back entrance to the Crystal Anus and again it closed forever. Pete:                Yeah. I mean, what sucks is I thought we were going to kind of get away from all the madness a little bit and then it's like, “Oh, this is a nice date.” But then it's like, “Oh yeah, of course the dead person with an open head wound is going to still get some, because this is a fucking weird ass book.” Alex:                 It gives you hope though, right? If you ever [inaudible 00:55:03]. Pete:                Yeah. I had a little hope and then the douchebag showed up at the end again. Alex:                 No, I mean if you ever get a head wound, you might still be on the market. Pete:                Yeah, still bangable. Yeah, it's true. Just because you got an open head wound doesn't mean you still can't get some I guess is the moral- Justin:              That's the spirit. Alex:                 That's what it says on my Tinder profile. Justin:              Alex, you've been married for so long, you got to shut that Tinder profile down. Alex:                 I did actually not to veer into a true story. I don't think we're married yet, but we're definitely for like- Pete:                How the fuck. Alex:                 No, I had a Nerve profile and four years into dating my wife right before I proposed to her I was featured on nerve as a single. And I was like, “Oh shit, oh no.” Pete:                That's hilarious. Justin:              Bummer, metal pocket the ring for a couple of weeks. Alex:                 Yeah. I honestly went on only like three or four dates before I shut it down off of that. But yeah, then we got married. Justin:              That's a beautiful story and was a great toast at your wedding by the way. Alex:                 Thank you. All right. Let's move on to the serrano ham of The Stack. The Amazing Spider Man- Justin:              Oh, this is a high-Class sub. Alex:                 It's a good sub. It's a brooklyn style sub. The Amazing Spider-Man, Sins of Norman Osborn number one from Marvel Comics written by Nick Spencer and art by Federico Vicentini. This is another essential chapter of the storyline it feels like, that I don't understand why it's a one shot other than them trying to maybe hit the timing right for anniversary issues or something. But Spider-Man is trying to save Norman Osborn. The spider family is trying to decide whether to stop him or not from the Sin-Eater. I thought this was very good. I've been liking this storyline quite a bit. Justin:              I mean, I agree. I've been loving the Sin-Eater stuff, like such a departure from what Nick Spencer was doing before. This storyline is wild. There's so much happening here touching on a ton of continuity- Alex:                 So much stuff. Justin:              The fact that the Sin-Eater kills negative man, and then adapts his powers, it's like, oh, you have to know, you have to have been reading Spider-Man for a long time to know what the fuck is happening. Pete:                Yeah. Also it's just so much like stuff that you're like, oh, that could have been an ending, oh, that could have been an ending. And then the whole juggernaut thing is just such a couple panels that could have been such a huge thing. I was just really surprised at how much shit is jam packed in this issue and what the actual like oh shit reveal at the end is. There's just so much stuff packed in here, it's kind of surprising a little bit. Alex:                 Yeah. But it's a good issue, particularly if you've been reading Amazing Spider-Man, definitely pick this one up. Last one, back to the bread as we expected. Head Lopper number 13 from Image Comics story and art by Andrew Maclean. Pete, I got to say, there is no head lopping of this boo

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Batman Giant, Batman's Grave, DC Villains Giant, Event Leviathan, Joker/Harley: Criminal Sanity, Joker: Year of the Villain, RWBY, Secrets of Sinister House, DC Super-Hero Girls OGN, Doctor Doom, Future Fight Firsts: White Fox, Journey to Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker - Allegiance, Hellmouth, Zootopia: School Days, Cobra Kai, Children of Aramar, Thought Bubble Anthology 2019, Ginseng Roots, Shoplifters Will Be Liquidated, Frogcatchers, Princess Revolution, Okay Witch, Sunny Rolls the Dice Additional Reviews: In The Tall Grass, The Outsider, Batman: Arkham - Hugo Strange News: Two-Face movie, new Jamie McKelvie Image title, Box Office 2020, Hawkeye show, Spider-Man/Venom movie crossover, Catwoman casting, new Hawkeye series, Avengers/Defenders, Moira X Trailers: Onward, Owl House, Jungle Cruise, Dr. Doolittle Comics Review Details: Batman's Grave 1 by Warren Ellis, Bryan Hitch, Kevin Nowlan, Alex Sinclair Joker/Harley: Criminal Sanity 1 by Kami Garcia, Mico Suayan, Mike Mayhew Joker: Year of the Villain by John Carpenter, Anthony Burch, Philip Tan, Marc Deering, Jonathan Glapion, Danny Miki, Jay David Ramos RBWY 1 by Marguerite Bennett, Mirka Andolfo, Arif Prianto Secrets of Sinister House by Rafael Albuquerque, Rafael Scavone, Dave McCaig, Dan Watters, Sumit Kumak, John Kalisz, Paul Dini, Cian Tormey, Romulo Fajardo Jr., Diego Lopez, Phil Hester, Ande Parks, Jeromy Cox, Robbie Thompson, Tom Raney, Hi-Fi, John Layman, Jorge Fornes, Jordie Bellaire, Che Grayson, Miguel Mendonca, Bill Crabtree, Bryan Hill, Alessandro Vitti, Adriano Lucas Doctor Doom 1 by Christopher Cantwell, Salvador Larroca, Guru eFX Future Fight Firsts: White Fox by Alyssa Wong, Geoffo, KEvin Libranda, Ale Garza, Israel Silva Journey to Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker - Allegiance 1 by Ethan Sacks, Luke Ross, Lee Loughridge Hellmouth 1 by Jordie Bellaire, Jeremy Lambert, Eleonora Carlini, Cris Peter Cobra Kai 1 by Denton Tipton, Kagan McLeod, Luis Delgado Children of Aramar by Sonia Moruno, Jos Ginseng Roots by Craig Thompson Shoplifters will be Liquidated 1 by Patrick Kindlon, Stefano Simeone Frogcatchers by Jeff Lemire Princess Revolution by Elaine Tipping The Okay Witch by Emma Steinkellner Sunny Rolls the Dice by Jennifer Holm, Matthew Holm Comics Countdown, 09 Oct 2019: Powers of X 6 by Jonathan Hickman, Pepe Larraz, RB Silva, David Curiel, Marte Gracia Frogcatchers by Jeff Lemire Redneck 24 by Donny Cates, Lisandro Estherren, Dee Cunniffe Usagi Yojimbo 5 by Stan Sakai, Tom Luth Ghosted in L.A. 4 by Sina Grace, Siobhan Keenan, Cathy Le Secrets of Sinister House Black Hammer/Justice League 4 by Jeff Lemire, Michael Walsh Okay Witch by Emma Steinkellner Oblivion Song 20 by Robert Kirkman, Lorenzo De Felici, Annalisa Leoni Batman Universe 4 by Brian Michael Bendis, Nick Derington, Dave Stewart

Como todo comienzo de mes, este capítulo nos toca revisar que estamos leyendo, en Agosto de 2019: Los cómics, comentados en este capítulo son: - Shinzen: "Batgirl Año Uno"; GUIÓN: Chuck Dixon, Scott Beatty, DIBUJO: Álvaro López, Marcos Martín. Edicioón Salvat-ECC DC Comics. - Vicente: "Mi perrito se llama Peo", autora Supergato, editorial Visuales."El Libro del Cementerio"; Guión:P.Craig Russell, Neil Gaiman; Dibujo: P. Craig Russell, Kevin Nowlan, Tony Harris, Scott Hampton, Galen Shoeman, Jill Thompson, Stephen B. Scott. Entintado:P. Craig Russell, Kevin Nowlan, Tony Harris, Scott Hampton, Galen Shoeman, Jill Thompson, Stephen B. Scott. Color: Lovern Kindzierski; Roca Editorial. "Miracleman" Guión de Alan Moore; Dibujo Garry Leach y Alan Davis, Editorial Panini. - Rodrigo: "Korvo", Guión: Alexander R. Roez, Dibujo, Tinta, Color, Darío Cárdenas V., "Rodrigo, El Sicario" Guión Fabián Galvez, dibujo Javier Irarrazaval; y "Death Korvo" Guión, Alexander R. Roez, Dibujo,Fernando Santander Tiozz, Editorial CK. TENEMOS NUEVO CONCURSO PRO-FONDOS: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-dw3rdvtawVdRjk0pm0L_nWRo8J-Whdq/view?usp=sharing Recuerda que también pueden escuchar nuestro #Podcast de #DevorandoComics en: -Ivoox: https://cl.ivoox.com/es/podcast-devorando-comics_sq_f1586450_1.html -spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6dYRuOsPRRM5QM3hjbvuSx?si=psrhTDwLRj-HZ7lwcxP8UQ No olviden visitar #DevorandoComics en: -Web oficial: www.devorandocomics.cl -Twitter: https://twitter.com/dibujosshinzen -Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/devorandocomics.cl/ -Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Devorandocomicscl-734381686931505/ -twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/devorandocomics/videos La música de fondo corresponde a: Happy Life - Americana Volume One by Ryan Andersen is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial License. Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available at www.music-for-sync.com or contact artist via email. https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ryan_Andersen/Happy_Life_-_Americana_Volume_One/

It's a big celebration this month for our comic book discussions as we discuss Doctor Strange 400 Issue 10 of the current run and the 400th Issue of Doctor Strange in Comics by Mark Waid, Jesus Saiz and loads of great artists. We discuss each of the 5 celebratory pieces in this Doctor Strange issue. This is a spoiler filled discussion about each story so make sure you've read the issue before listening to the podcast. Doctor Strange 400 Covers by Jesus Saiz, Kevin Nowlan, Joe Quesada and Frank Miller Doctor Strange 400 2019 Issue 10 Part 1 "Remittance" Spoiler filled Synopsis This story is Written by Mark Waid and continues the main run of the arc from issue 9 with Artwork and cover by Jesús Saiz Here's the issue summary from Comixology. Doctor Strange has returned home from his adventures across the galaxy...only to find himself the recipient of a most unusual visitor from the past! Doctor Strange 400 Part 2 "House Call" Spoiler filled Synopsis This story is Written by Mark Waid with Artwork by Butch Guice and colours by Carlos Lopez A standalone short story as Stephen Strange visits a former friend whose son has gotten himself into trouble with a magical object. Doctor Strange 400 Part 3 "The Lever" Spoiler filled Synopsis This story is Written by Mark Waid with Artwork by Kevin Nowlan and colours by Jim Campbell A retelling of the origin story from the perspective of The Ancient One. Doctor Strange 400 Part 4 Anniversary Artwork A beautiful double page spread of artwork featuring famous moments from the history of Doctor Strange all by Tom Palmer A retelling of the origin story from the perspective of The Ancient One. Doctor Strange 400 Part 5 "Perchance" Spoiler filled Synopsis The final story is also Written by Mark Waid with Artwork by Daniel Acuna. This story shows the impact of encountering Doctor Strange from the perspective of one of his greatest foes Nightmare. Contact us and subscribe to the podcast You can also find and subscribe to our podcasts on our website at https://defenderstvpodcast.com all of our episodes are available on all magical and mystical Podcast apps. Thanks so much for listening to our Doctor Strange 400 2019 issue 10 Review we love to hear from listeners about your thoughts on our Strange Tales discussion podcasts so please send yours to feedback@defenderstvpodcast.com join us on facebook at Facebook.com/groups/defenderstvpodcast or follow us on Twitter @defenderscast and you can now record your thoughts for the podcast directly from our website defenderstvpodcast.com by clicking the “Send Voicemail” button. We'll be back next month with our review of Doctor Strange 2019 Issue 11 to find out what's happening with the Head Accountant.The issue is due for release on the 20th of February. Thanks so much for listening John and Derek Strange Tales on Defenders TV Podcast Date recorded: 31/01/2019Date published: 02/02/2019MP3, 49.26mins, 96kbps, 34.2 MB All images and audio clips are copyright of Marvel and their copyright holders no infringement is intended. The music for the Doctor Strange portion of this episode is"Magic Hour" by Three Chain Links is licensed under an Attribution License.

It's a big celebration this month for our comic book discussions as we discuss Doctor Strange 400 Issue 10 of the current run and the 400th Issue of Doctor Strange in Comics by Mark Waid, Jesus Saiz and loads of great artists. We discuss each of the 5 celebratory pieces in this Doctor Strange issue. This is a spoiler filled discussion about each story so make sure you've read the issue before listening to the podcast. Doctor Strange 400 Covers by Jesus Saiz, Kevin Nowlan, Joe Quesada and Frank Miller Doctor Strange 400 2019 Issue 10 Part 1 "Remittance" Spoiler filled Synopsis This story is Written by Mark Waid and continues the main run of the arc from issue 9 with Artwork and cover by Jesús Saiz Here's the issue summary from Comixology. Doctor Strange has returned home from his adventures across the galaxy...only to find himself the recipient of a most unusual visitor from the past! Doctor Strange 400 Part 2 "House Call" Spoiler filled Synopsis This story is Written by Mark Waid with Artwork by Butch Guice and colours by Carlos Lopez A standalone short story as Stephen Strange visits a former friend whose son has gotten himself into trouble with a magical object. Doctor Strange 400 Part 3 "The Lever" Spoiler filled Synopsis This story is Written by Mark Waid with Artwork by Kevin Nowlan and colours by Jim Campbell A retelling of the origin story from the perspective of The Ancient One. Doctor Strange 400 Part 4 Anniversary Artwork A beautiful double page spread of artwork featuring famous moments from the history of Doctor Strange all by Tom Palmer A retelling of the origin story from the perspective of The Ancient One. Doctor Strange 400 Part 5 "Perchance" Spoiler filled Synopsis The final story is also Written by Mark Waid with Artwork by Daniel Acuna. This story shows the impact of encountering Doctor Strange from the perspective of one of his greatest foes Nightmare. Contact us and subscribe to the podcast You can also find and subscribe to our podcasts on our website at https://defenderstvpodcast.com all of our episodes are available on all magical and mystical Podcast apps. Thanks so much for listening to our Doctor Strange 400 2019 issue 10 Review we love to hear from listeners about your thoughts on our Strange Tales discussion podcasts so please send yours to feedback@defenderstvpodcast.com join us on facebook at Facebook.com/groups/defenderstvpodcast or follow us on Twitter @defenderscast and you can now record your thoughts for the podcast directly from our website defenderstvpodcast.com by clicking the “Send Voicemail” button. We'll be back next month with our review of Doctor Strange 2019 Issue 11 to find out what's happening with the Head Accountant.The issue is due for release on the 20th of February. Thanks so much for listening John and Derek Strange Tales on Defenders TV Podcast Date recorded: 31/01/2019Date published: 02/02/2019MP3, 49.26mins, 96kbps, 34.2 MB All images and audio clips are copyright of Marvel and their copyright holders no infringement is intended. The music for the Doctor Strange portion of this episode is"Magic Hour" by Three Chain Links is licensed under an Attribution License.

It's a big celebration this month for our comic book discussions as we discuss Doctor Strange 400 Issue 10 of the current run and the 400th Issue of Doctor Strange in Comics by Mark Waid, Jesus Saiz and loads of great artists. We discuss each of the 5 celebratory pieces in this Doctor Strange issue. This is a spoiler filled discussion about each story so make sure you've read the issue before listening to the podcast. Doctor Strange 400 Covers by Jesus Saiz, Kevin Nowlan, Joe Quesada and Frank Miller Doctor Strange 400 2019 Issue 10 Part 1 "Remittance" Spoiler filled Synopsis This story is Written by Mark Waid and continues the main run of the arc from issue 9 with Artwork and cover by Jesús Saiz Here's the issue summary from Comixology. Doctor Strange has returned home from his adventures across the galaxy...only to find himself the recipient of a most unusual visitor from the past! Doctor Strange 400 Part 2 "House Call" Spoiler filled Synopsis This story is Written by Mark Waid with Artwork by Butch Guice and colours by Carlos Lopez A standalone short story as Stephen Strange visits a former friend whose son has gotten himself into trouble with a magical object. Doctor Strange 400 Part 3 "The Lever" Spoiler filled Synopsis This story is Written by Mark Waid with Artwork by Kevin Nowlan and colours by Jim Campbell A retelling of the origin story from the perspective of The Ancient One. Doctor Strange 400 Part 4 Anniversary Artwork A beautiful double page spread of artwork featuring famous moments from the history of Doctor Strange all by Tom Palmer A retelling of the origin story from the perspective of The Ancient One. Doctor Strange 400 Part 5 "Perchance" Spoiler filled Synopsis The final story is also Written by Mark Waid with Artwork by Daniel Acuna. This story shows the impact of encountering Doctor Strange from the perspective of one of his greatest foes Nightmare. Contact us and subscribe to the podcast You can also find and subscribe to our podcasts on our website at https://defenderstvpodcast.com all of our episodes are available on all magical and mystical Podcast apps. Thanks so much for listening to our Doctor Strange 400 2019 issue 10 Review we love to hear from listeners about your thoughts on our Strange Tales discussion podcasts so please send yours to feedback@defenderstvpodcast.com join us on facebook at Facebook.com/groups/defenderstvpodcast or follow us on Twitter @defenderscast and you can now record your thoughts for the podcast directly from our website defenderstvpodcast.com by clicking the “Send Voicemail” button. We'll be back next month with our review of Doctor Strange 2019 Issue 11 to find out what's happening with the Head Accountant.The issue is due for release on the 20th of February. Thanks so much for listening John and Derek Strange Tales on Defenders TV Podcast Date recorded: 31/01/2019Date published: 02/02/2019MP3, 49.26mins, 96kbps, 34.2 MB All images and audio clips are copyright of Marvel and their copyright holders no infringement is intended. The music for the Doctor Strange portion of this episode is"Magic Hour" by Three Chain Links is licensed under an Attribution License.

We're back with our comic book discussions to Doctor Strange 2018 Issue 8 "The Price" by Mark Waid, Javier Pina and Andres Guinaldo. We discuss our Top 5 "incantations" about this Doctor Strange issue. This is a spoiler filled discussion about each issue but you can listen to them separately as there is no crossover discussion between to two. Doctor Strange 2018 Issue 8 Review Podcast Spoiler filled Synopsis This issue is written by Mark Waid, the pencilers are Andres Guinaldo & Javier Pina, the inkers are Javier Pina & Andy Owens, with Color Artist Carlos Lopez. The Cover of the battle between Doctor Strange and the returned Mordo again is by Kevin Nowlan. The story so far from Mark Waid's introduction to Doctor Strange 2018 Issue 8 "The Price": Last Time...Using materials he crafted in his extra-dimensional forge, Doctor Strange rescued his friend, Kanna, from servitude as a mystical tech expert for an alien army and brought her to see earth for the first time. But there was an imposter in the sanctum--Strange's former assistant, Casey Kinmont. Casey once gave up her soul to save Stephen's life. Strange could think of little else while he was questing to restore her. Including a monster that threatened the realm. To concentrate and defeat it, Strange temporarily displaced his memory of Casey. But that memory was lost until she reappeared, posing as the sorcerer supreme. Strange has gone after the Powerful and dangerous Casey, pleading for her to reveal the name of the dark Magician who stole her soul -a and then the man himself arrived: Baron Mordo! Contact us and subscribe to the podcast You can also find and subscribe to our podcasts on our website at https://defenderstvpodcast.com all of our episodes are available on all magical and mystical Podcast apps. Thanks so much for listening to our Doctor Strange 2018 issue 8 Review we love to hear from listeners about your thoughts on our Strange Tales discussion podcasts so please send yours to feedback@defenderstvpodcast.com join us on facebook at Facebook.com/groups/defenderstvpodcast or follow us on Twitter @defenderscast and you can now record your thoughts for the podcast directly from our website defenderstvpodcast.com by clicking the “Send Voicemail” button. We’ve got lots of great books we want to cover over the next few weeks and months including Doctor Strange 2018 Issue 9 which is released on the 5th of December. We'll be beginning a new series on Strange Tales as the ORIGINAL Defenders return in “The Best Defense” limited event in December. There are five issues in the series. Immortal Hulk: Defenders and Namor: Defenders will be out on the 5th of December, Doctor Strange: Defenders and Silver Surfer: Defenders will be out on the 12th of December and the finale of the series “Defenders: The Best Defense” Will be out on the 19th. We’ll probably record a podcast about two issues at a time since they are out the same days. Here's a preview of the upcoming issues. We'll also be covering the five issue limited series "Spider-Geddon" and Into The Spider-Verse the upcoming animated movie from Sony Pictures featuring Peter Parker and Miles Morales along with a host of other Spider-People. Loads and loads of upcoming comics so make sure you stay subscribed. Thanks so much for listening John, Chris and Derek Defenders TV Podcast Date recorded: 24/11/2018 Date published: 28/11/2018 MP3, 43.23mins, 96kbps, 30.0 MB All images and audio clips are copyright of Marvel and their copyright holders no infringement is intended. The music for the Doctor Strange portion of this episode is"Magic Hour" by Three Chain Links is licensed under an Attribution License.

We're back with our comic book discussions to Doctor Strange 2018 Issue 8 "The Price" by Mark Waid, Javier Pina and Andres Guinaldo. We discuss our Top 5 "incantations" about this Doctor Strange issue. This is a spoiler filled discussion about each issue but you can listen to them separately as there is no crossover discussion between to two. Doctor Strange 2018 Issue 8 Review Podcast Spoiler filled Synopsis This issue is written by Mark Waid, the pencilers are Andres Guinaldo & Javier Pina, the inkers are Javier Pina & Andy Owens, with Color Artist Carlos Lopez. The Cover of the battle between Doctor Strange and the returned Mordo again is by Kevin Nowlan. The story so far from Mark Waid's introduction to Doctor Strange 2018 Issue 8 "The Price": Last Time...Using materials he crafted in his extra-dimensional forge, Doctor Strange rescued his friend, Kanna, from servitude as a mystical tech expert for an alien army and brought her to see earth for the first time. But there was an imposter in the sanctum--Strange's former assistant, Casey Kinmont. Casey once gave up her soul to save Stephen's life. Strange could think of little else while he was questing to restore her. Including a monster that threatened the realm. To concentrate and defeat it, Strange temporarily displaced his memory of Casey. But that memory was lost until she reappeared, posing as the sorcerer supreme. Strange has gone after the Powerful and dangerous Casey, pleading for her to reveal the name of the dark Magician who stole her soul -a and then the man himself arrived: Baron Mordo! Contact us and subscribe to the podcast You can also find and subscribe to our podcasts on our website at https://defenderstvpodcast.com all of our episodes are available on all magical and mystical Podcast apps. Thanks so much for listening to our Doctor Strange 2018 issue 8 Review we love to hear from listeners about your thoughts on our Strange Tales discussion podcasts so please send yours to feedback@defenderstvpodcast.com join us on facebook at Facebook.com/groups/defenderstvpodcast or follow us on Twitter @defenderscast and you can now record your thoughts for the podcast directly from our website defenderstvpodcast.com by clicking the “Send Voicemail” button. We’ve got lots of great books we want to cover over the next few weeks and months including Doctor Strange 2018 Issue 9 which is released on the 5th of December. We'll be beginning a new series on Strange Tales as the ORIGINAL Defenders return in “The Best Defense” limited event in December. There are five issues in the series. Immortal Hulk: Defenders and Namor: Defenders will be out on the 5th of December, Doctor Strange: Defenders and Silver Surfer: Defenders will be out on the 12th of December and the finale of the series “Defenders: The Best Defense” Will be out on the 19th. We’ll probably record a podcast about two issues at a time since they are out the same days. Here's a preview of the upcoming issues. We'll also be covering the five issue limited series "Spider-Geddon" and Into The Spider-Verse the upcoming animated movie from Sony Pictures featuring Peter Parker and Miles Morales along with a host of other Spider-People. Loads and loads of upcoming comics so make sure you stay subscribed. Thanks so much for listening John, Chris and Derek Defenders TV Podcast Date recorded: 24/11/2018 Date published: 28/11/2018 MP3, 43.23mins, 96kbps, 30.0 MB All images and audio clips are copyright of Marvel and their copyright holders no infringement is intended. The music for the Doctor Strange portion of this episode is"Magic Hour" by Three Chain Links is licensed under an Attribution License.

We're back with our comic book discussions to Doctor Strange 2018 Issue 8 "The Price" by Mark Waid, Javier Pina and Andres Guinaldo. We discuss our Top 5 "incantations" about this Doctor Strange issue. This is a spoiler filled discussion about each issue but you can listen to them separately as there is no crossover discussion between to two. Doctor Strange 2018 Issue 8 Review Podcast Spoiler filled Synopsis This issue is written by Mark Waid, the pencilers are Andres Guinaldo & Javier Pina, the inkers are Javier Pina & Andy Owens, with Color Artist Carlos Lopez. The Cover of the battle between Doctor Strange and the returned Mordo again is by Kevin Nowlan. The story so far from Mark Waid's introduction to Doctor Strange 2018 Issue 8 "The Price": Last Time...Using materials he crafted in his extra-dimensional forge, Doctor Strange rescued his friend, Kanna, from servitude as a mystical tech expert for an alien army and brought her to see earth for the first time. But there was an imposter in the sanctum--Strange's former assistant, Casey Kinmont. Casey once gave up her soul to save Stephen's life. Strange could think of little else while he was questing to restore her. Including a monster that threatened the realm. To concentrate and defeat it, Strange temporarily displaced his memory of Casey. But that memory was lost until she reappeared, posing as the sorcerer supreme. Strange has gone after the Powerful and dangerous Casey, pleading for her to reveal the name of the dark Magician who stole her soul -a and then the man himself arrived: Baron Mordo! Contact us and subscribe to the podcast You can also find and subscribe to our podcasts on our website at https://defenderstvpodcast.com all of our episodes are available on all magical and mystical Podcast apps. Thanks so much for listening to our Doctor Strange 2018 issue 8 Review we love to hear from listeners about your thoughts on our Strange Tales discussion podcasts so please send yours to feedback@defenderstvpodcast.com join us on facebook at Facebook.com/groups/defenderstvpodcast or follow us on Twitter @defenderscast and you can now record your thoughts for the podcast directly from our website defenderstvpodcast.com by clicking the “Send Voicemail” button. We’ve got lots of great books we want to cover over the next few weeks and months including Doctor Strange 2018 Issue 9 which is released on the 5th of December. We'll be beginning a new series on Strange Tales as the ORIGINAL Defenders return in “The Best Defense” limited event in December. There are five issues in the series. Immortal Hulk: Defenders and Namor: Defenders will be out on the 5th of December, Doctor Strange: Defenders and Silver Surfer: Defenders will be out on the 12th of December and the finale of the series “Defenders: The Best Defense” Will be out on the 19th. We’ll probably record a podcast about two issues at a time since they are out the same days. Here's a preview of the upcoming issues. We'll also be covering the five issue limited series "Spider-Geddon" and Into The Spider-Verse the upcoming animated movie from Sony Pictures featuring Peter Parker and Miles Morales along with a host of other Spider-People. Loads and loads of upcoming comics so make sure you stay subscribed. Thanks so much for listening John, Chris and Derek Defenders TV Podcast Date recorded: 24/11/2018 Date published: 28/11/2018 MP3, 43.23mins, 96kbps, 30.0 MB All images and audio clips are copyright of Marvel and their copyright holders no infringement is intended. The music for the Doctor Strange portion of this episode is"Magic Hour" by Three Chain Links is licensed under an Attribution License.

Heroes in Crisis #2 by Tom King, Clay Mann, Travis Moore, Tomeu Morey, and Arif Prianto, Marvel-O-Rama: Guardians of the Galaxy: New Guard volumes 3 and 4 by Brian Michael Bendis, Valerio Schiti, Richard Isanove, Art Adams, Kevin Maguire, Ed McGuinness, Mark Morales, Sara Pichelli, Mark Bagley, and more, Bronze Age Star-Lord, Doctor Strange by Jason Aaron, Chris Bachalo, Kevin Nowlan, and company, and Extermination #4 by Ed Brisson, Pepe Larraz, Ario Anindito, Dexter Vines, and Erick Arciniega, DC Nation #4, The Beautiful Death by Mathieu Bablet from Titan Comics, Mars Attacks #1 by Kyle Starks, Chris Schweizer, and Liz Trice Schweizer from Dynamite, Likely Stories by Neil Gaiman, Mark Buckingham, and Chris Blythe from Dark Horse, DC foil covers, The Beastie Boys Book, Doctor Who, and a whole mess more!

  EPISODE 67: The High Priest of Khonshu Rey is joined by special guest, Orion Petitclerc, host of We Are Venomaniacs! - A Venom Podcast available on YouTube. We go in depth into the current popularity of Venom and his depiction in comics as well as on screen. Venom and Moon Knight? Yes, they do cross paths and we discuss how that panned out too! All this sets up for our main discussion as per Khonshu's demand and his (k)night's eye -  PHASE OF THE MOON: WAXING GIBBOUS OVER THE MOON ARC REVIEW - MOON KNIGHT VOL.1, ISSUES #31-32 (‘A BOX OF MUSIC FOR SAVAGE STUDS / WHEN THE MUSIC STOPS…’) Released May 1983 (writer) Doug Moench (artist) Kevin Nowlan (inker) Terry Austin (#31), Carl Potts (#32) (colours) Christie Scheele (letterer) Joe Rosen, Rick Parker (editors) Denny O'Neill MOON RATING (out of phases of the Moon): Orion: Full Moon

We're back with our JLMay 2018 Episode! Mike and Paul are joined by accredited Supergirl stalker Dr Anj from the Supergirl Comic Box Commentary Blog to do JLMay for another (third) year. It's part, err 9? or something of 12 parts The Silver Age comic series from 2000. Follow the JLMay crossover on these great podcasts below! Each show will cover another chapter of the Silver Age event! Use the hashtag #JLMay2018 when discussing the crossover on social media! Justice’s First Dawn – Silver Age #1 https://classicjla.podbean.com Relatively Geeky Presents – SA: Challengers of the Unknown http://relativelygeekypodcast.blogspot.com/ Coffee & Comics – SA: Justice League of America http://coffeecomicsreading.blogspot.com Batgirl to Oracle – SA: Showcase http://thebatmanuniverse.net/category/podcast/bto/ Super Mates – SA: Teen Titans http://fireandwaterpodcast.com Idol Head of Diabolu – SA: Dial “H” for Hero http://shoutengine.com/TheIdolHeadofDiaboluPodcast The Longbox Crusade –SA: The Flash http://www.longboxcrusade.com/ The Lanterncast – SA: Green Lantern http://www.lanterncast.com Waiting for Doom – SA: Doom Patrol right here, right now! Comic Reflections – SA: The Brave & The Bold http://www.podcastgarden.com/podcast/comicreflections Chris & Reggie’s Cosmic Treadmill – Silver Age 80 Page Giant https://chrisandreggie.podbean.com/ In this episode... Our week in comics - 5:00 Down on Derington Way - 7:50 Doom Clock - 14:15 Doomsplaining - 19:20 - Discussion of The Silver Age: Doom Patrol by Tom Peyer, Sergio Cariello, Rymond Kryssing, Kurt Hathaway, James Sinclair, Ramona Fradon, Kevin Nowlan and Dan Raspler!  Mailbag O Doom - 35:45 - we go through your responses to the latest Question of the Week: Who's your favourite panel to panel visual storyteller in comics?

This episode originally aired March 17, 2017. Dave Chisholm may not have been in the comics industry long enough to achieve the 'rock star' status of someone like Jim Lee or Paul Pope, but in terms of creating both comics AND music, he's a band apart from just about every other creator out there. Because when you write and draw your own graphic novel ("Instrumental" from Z2 Comics in May), compose/perform a companion soundtrack to be released simultaneously WITH that graphic novel, AND have another full-length album of music from the band you front being released around the same time (Talking Under Water self-titled debut album on April 28th, 2017) . . . what other label is there? Decide for yourself after listening to this interview, where Greg talks with Dave about process both musical and sequential, the difficulty of getting the essence of sound across a silent medium, and more. Where else could you hear talk about Frank Quitely, Kevin Nowlan, and Brian Eno in the same discussion? And if that wasn't enough, you can hear of clips "Celebration" and "Death and the Narrator" (from "Instrumental"'s upcoming score) in the episode itself, PLUS the full "Celebration" track from the Multiversity Comics episode post page! BONUS: Here are the two other non-"Instrumental" pieces of music mentioned in the episode: "Tossing and Turning" from the Tossing and Turning EP by Talking Under Water   "Calligraphy" from Calligraphy by Dave Chisholm  Robots From Tomorrow is a weekly comics podcast recorded deep beneath the Earth's surface. You can subscribe to it via iTunes or through the RSS feed at RobotsFromTomorrow.com. You can also follow Mike and Greg on Twitter. This episode is brought to you by Third Eye Comics. Enjoy your funny books. 

Today, Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester greet 2018 and each other with warmth, weariness, and two hours of comic book chitter chatter!  Among the topics discussed are Exit Stage Left: The Snagglepuss Chronicles by Mark Russell, Mike Feehan, Mark Morales, and Paul Mounts; Hawkman Found by Jeff Lemire, Brian Hitch, and Kevin Nowlan; the upcoming year for DC and the year that passed for Marvel; the grand designs of Chris Claremont; the recounting of a very fevered dream about the short-lived Seventies TV show, Gemini Man; and much, much more. Comments on the show are available at waitwhatpodcast.com, we welcome your questions at WaitWhatPodcast@gmail.com, and we invite you to look out for us on Twitter, Tumblr, and Patreon!

Doomsday Clock 2, Hawkman Found, Kamandi Challenge 12, Spider-Men II 5, Phoenix Resurrection, Star Wars: Last Jedi - The Storms of Crait, Bonehead 1, Bendis and Ivan Reis on Superman, Spider-Gwen canceled?, She-Hulk canceled, Doctor Who: Twice Upon A Time, Chair and Alterna, Best of 2017: Top Comics, Top Movies, and Top TV, State of the Industry Comics Details: Doomsday Clock 2 by Geoff Johns, Gary Frank, Brad Anderson Hawkman Found by Jeff Lemire, Bryan Hitch, Kevin Nowlan, Alex Sinclair, Jeremiah Skipper Kamandi Challenge 12 by Gail Simone, Ryan Sook, Jill Thompson, Paul Levitz, Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez, Joe Prado Spider-Men II 5 by Brian Michael Bendis, Sara Pichelli, Mark Bagley, John Dell Phoenix Resurrection: The Return of Jean Grey 1 by Matt Rosenberg, Leinil Francis Yu, Gerry Alanguilan, Rachelle Rosenberg Star Wars: The Last Jedi - The Storms of Crait 1 by Ben Acker, Ben Blacker, Mike Mayhew Bonehead 1 by Bryan Hill, Rhoald Yudhapringga, Sakti Yuwono Comics Countdown 27 Dec 2017: 1. Batman: Creature of the Night 2 by Kurt Busiek, John Paul Leon 2. Eugenic 4 by James Tynion IV, Eryk Donovan 3. Redneck 8 by Donny Cates, Lisandro Estherren, Dee Cunniffe 4. Doomsday Clock 2 by Geoff Johns, Gary Frank, Brad Anderson 5. Thanos 14 by Jeff Lemire, Geoff Shaw, Antonio Fabela 6. X-O Manowar 10 by Matt Kindt, Clayton Crain 7. Kamandi Challenge 12 by Gail Simone, Ryan Sook, Jill Thompson, Paul Levitz, Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez, Joe Prado 8. Detective Comics 971 by James Tynion IV, Miguel Mendonca, Diana Egea, Jason Wright 9. Imaginary Fiends 2 by Tim Seeley, Stephen Molnar, Quinton Winter 10. Void Trip 2 by Ryan O'Sullivan, Plaid Klaus

Comic book writer, penciller and inker Kevin Nowlan joins the show to talk about his work as a freelance designer at the inception of Batman: The Animated Series, what Bruce Timm wanted out of early designs for characters like The Man-Bat, and why his Killer Croc design ended up being a favorite. We also dig into his career in comics - from Dr. Strange to Mike Mignola’s Lobster Johnson and Batman. Sponsored by Absolutely Terrifying Teeth! Rate + Subscribe in iTunes! Follow @BTASpodcast on Twitter for updates. Donate to the show at patreon.com/btaspodcast.

Welcome to our summer of 2017 clips show. Unlike other shows, we are giving you fresh clips vs. recycling old clips from past shows.   First up has John visiting the Illustration Academy in Kansas City two weeks ago. After sitting in on some classes, John interviewed artist Vanesa del Rey and concept artist Wesley Burt.  Next, Jerry sat down with some comic book artists back at Smallville Comic Con. To start, X-Men: Gold artist Ken Lashley talks about his time in Smallville and the hubbub around his current assignment. Jerry moved across the aisle to speak to artist Kevin Nowlan, who has done a little bit of everything over his 35-year career in comics.   Finally, we did speak to some of our friends at Free Comic Book Day back in May at Clint's Comics. John starts by speaking to Mikayla Carson, Miss City of Fountains in the Miss Missouri program. Mikayla is a comic fan as well as an outstanding ambassador for Kansas City. John then speaks to artist Steve Daniels, a KC artist who is also a regular behind the counter at Clint's Comics.  Vanesa del Rey - 1:45 - 10:15 Wesley Burt - 10:15 - 17:40 Ken Lashley - 17:40 - 21:05 Kevin Nowlan - 21:05 - 26:35 Mikayla Carson - 26:35 - 33:50 Steve Daniels - 33:50 - 42:10

Adam West, Darth Vader 1, Iceman 1, Secret Empire: Brave New World 1, Divided States of Hysteria 1, Unsound 1, Baby Teeth 1, Magnus 1, Harvey Hits 1, Wonder Woman/Steve Trevor, Justice League 22, Batman 24, Reborn, Night Owl Society, Black Panther trailer, Ready Player One by Ernest Cline, Doctor Who "Empress of Mars" Details: Darth Vader 1 by Charles Soule, Giuseppe Camuncoli, Cam Smith, Chris Eliopoulos; Iceman 1 by Sina Grace, Alessandro Vitti, Rachelle Rosenberg; Secret Empire: Brave New World 1 by Paul Allor, Brian Level, Jeremy Whitley, Diego Olortegui, Nick Kocher, J Tana Ford; Divided States of Hysteria 1 by Howard Chaykin; Unsound 1 by Cullen Bunn, Jack Cole; Baby Teeth 1 by Donny Cates, Garry Brown; Magnus 1 by Kyle Higgins, Jorge Fornes, Chuck Wendig, Alvaro Sarraseca; Wonder Woman/Steve Trevor by Tim Seeley, Christian Duce, Alan Passalaqua 07 Jun Comics Countdown: 10. Wonder Woman/Steve Trevor by Tim Seeley, Christian Duce, Alan Passalaqua 9. Spider-Man/Deadpool 18 by Joe Kelly, Ed McGuinness, Jay Leisten, Mark Morales 8. Paper Girls 15 by Brian K Vaughan, Cliff Chiang 7. Shade the Changing Girl 9 by Cecil Castellucci, Marley Zarcone, Ande Parks, Kelly Fitzpatrick 6. Deathstroke 20 by Christopher Priest, Larry Hama, Carlo Pagulayan, Sean Parsons, Jason Paz 5. Dr. Strange 20 by Jason Aaron, Chris Bachalo, Kevin Nowlan, Livesay, Jaime Mendoza, Victor Olazaba, Tim Townsend, Al Vey 4. Unsound 1 by Cullen Bunn, Jack Cole 3. Eternal Empire 2 by Sarah Vaughn, Jonathan Luna 2. Batman 24 by Tom King, David Finch, Clay Mann, Seth Mann, Danny Miki, Jordie Bellaire 1. Rock Candy Mountain 3 by Kyle Starks

Dave Chisholm may not have been in the comics industry long enough to achieve the 'rock star' status of someone like Jim Lee or Paul Pope, but in terms of creating both comics AND music, he's a band apart from just about every other creator out there. Because when you write and draw your own graphic novel ("Instrumental" from Z2 Comics in May), compose/perform a companion soundtrack to be released simultaneously WITH that graphic novel, AND have another full-length album of music from the band you front being released around the same time (Talking Under Water self-titled debut album on April 28th) . . . what other label is there? Decide for yourself after listening to this interview, where Greg talks with Dave about process both musical and sequential, the difficulty of getting the essence of sound across a silent medium, and more. Where else could you hear talk about Frank Quitely, Kevin Nowlan, and Brian Eno in the same discussion? And if that wasn't enough, you can hear of clips "Celebration" and "Death and the Narrator" (from "Instrumental"'s upcoming score) in the episode itself, PLUS the full "Celebration" track from the Multiversity Comics episode post page! BONUS: Here are the two other non-"Instrumental" pieces of music mentioned in the episode: "Tossing and Turning" from the Tossing and Turning EP by Talking Under Water   "Calligraphy" from Calligraphy by Dave Chisholm  Robots From Tomorrow is a weekly comics podcast recorded deep beneath the Earth's surface. You can subscribe to it via iTunes or through the RSS feed at RobotsFromTomorrow.com. You can also follow Mike and Greg on Twitter. This episode is brought to you by Third Eye Comics. Enjoy your funny books. 

'Doctor Strange 11' is Monday's Marvel on the Paul List: Daily Comics Analysis Podcast. Written by Jason Aaron, with art and colors by Kevin Nowlan, Leonardo Romero, and Jordie Bellaire, 'Doctor Strange 11' is a well-timed intermission in the breakneck run that Aaron and Bachalo and team have had on Doctor Strange this year, one of the best superhero comics around in TwoPlai's opinion. Thematic recaps, story-element recoups, and origin-story rewrites make this a satisfying pause... just in time for TwoPlai to announce a bit of a pause for this podcast. Thanks for listening and let's dig deep!

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